Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Spiculaea Lindl. , legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
lvi
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Spiculaea ciliata Lindley
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
113
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Drakaea Lindl. legitimate
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales
42-43
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Drakaea Lindl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arthrochilus F.Muell. legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
468
[secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids
199-201
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
192
[secondary reference]
Blaxell, D.F. (14 December 1972) , Arthrochilus F.Muell. and related genera (Orchidaceae) in Australasia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5)
279
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia
225
[secondary reference]
common name:
Elbow Orchids [n/a]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2
839
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
172-173
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
135
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
215
[secondary reference]
common name:
Elbow Orchid [n/a]
Western Australian Herbarium (2003) , FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2
-
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
305
[secondary reference]
common name:
Elbow orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"little spike, alluding to the small inflorescence"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
813
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
259
[secondary reference]
common name:
Elbow Orchid [n/a]
Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014) , Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1)
22
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Spiculea Hopper, S.J.van Leeuwen, A.P.Br. & S.J.Patrick orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Spiculaea Lindl. sect. Spiculaea legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Spiculaea sect. Euspiculaea R.S.Rogers nom. inval.
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
285
[secondary reference]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
206
[secondary reference]
common name:
Elbow Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin spiculum (sharp point or sting), in reference to the appendage at the tip of the labellum."
