Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Geodorum densiflorum ( Lam.) Schltr.
, legitimate , scientific
Schlechter, F.R.R. in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (15 June 1919) , Orchideologiae Sino-Japonicae Prodromus. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 4 :
259
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Limodorum densiflorum Lam.
legitimate
Garay, L.A. & Sweet, H.R. (1974) , Orchids of Southern Ryuku Islands :
131
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
30
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium pictum R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pictum ( R.Br.) Lindl.
nom. illeg.
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
55
[secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R. (1987) , Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26 :
57
[secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1987) , Native Plants of Queensland 3 :
140
[secondary reference]
common name:
Shepherd's Crook Orchid
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
365
[secondary reference]
Text:
"This name was wrongly applied to the Australian species in recent times. An up-to-date study has shown that G. densiflorum is a distinct species that is confined to Thailand."
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
82
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Limodorum densiflorum Lam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Malaxis cernua Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium pictum R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Otandra cernua ( Willd.) Salisb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cistella cernua ( Willd.) Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pictum ( R.Br.) Lindl.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Ortmannia cernua ( Willd.) Opiz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum fuscatum Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum semicristatum Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pacificum Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl.
legitimate
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Geodorum. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
238, pl. 16
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pictum ( R.Br.) Lindl.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl.
legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1994) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2 :
848-850, Pl. 123
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Limodorum densiflorum Lam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Malaxis cernua Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium pictum R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Otandra cernua ( Willd.) Salisb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cistella cernua ( Willd.) Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pictum ( R.Br.) Lindl.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Ortmannia cernua ( Willd.) Opiz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum fuscatum Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum semicristatum Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pacificum Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl.
legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
309
[secondary reference]
Jessup, L.W. (2005) , Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa :
-
[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl.
legitimate
by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 : 371-372, Fig. 56B
Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016) , Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories :
28, 73, 81, 87, 130
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Limodorum densiflorum Lam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Malaxis cernua Willd.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium pictum R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Otandra cernua ( Willd.) Salisb.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum purpureum R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum dilatatum R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cistella cernua ( Willd.) Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pictum ( R.Br.) Lindl.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Ortmannia cernua ( Willd.) Opiz
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum fuscatum Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum semicristatum Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pacificum Rolfe
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl.
legitimate
misapplication:
Geodorum terrestre ( L.) Garay
legitimate
by Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia : 388
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld, NSW
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30 :
345
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl.
legitimate
misapplication:
Geodorum terrestre ( L.) Garay
legitimate
Text:
"Misapplied name. R.L. Barrett in litt. (08/06/2018)."
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
630-631
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Limodorum densiflorum Lam.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cymbidium pictum R.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum pictum ( R.Br.) Lindl.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl.
legitimate
common name:
Pink Shepherd's Crook
[n/a]
Chase, M.W., Schuiteman, A. & Kumar, P. (17 March 2021) , Expansion of the orchid genus Eulophia (Eulophiinae; Epidendroideae) to include Acrolophia, Cymbidiella, Eulophiella, Geodorum, Oeceoclades and Paralophia. Phytotaxa 491(1) :
51
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eulophia cernua ( Willd.) M.W.Chase, Kumar & Schuit.
legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023) , Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34 :
10
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Eulophia picta ( R.Br.) Ormerod
legitimate