Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 330 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Gastrodia sesamoides R.Br.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 111 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 539 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 210-211 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From Greek gastrodes, pot-bellied; alluding to the shape of the flower"

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 104 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 463 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 221-223 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 112 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 182 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 127 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 30 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 325 [secondary reference]

common name: Bell Orchids [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 413 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 364-365 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 81 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Epiphanes Blume legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 89-90, Fig. 4 [secondary reference]

common name: Potato orchids [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991), New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2: 62-65 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 322-323 [secondary reference]

common name: Bell Orchid [n/a] common name: Potato Orchids [n/a]

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 258 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Gastrodia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 224 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 893-894 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 181 [secondary reference]

common name: Potato Orchids [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 147 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The shape of the flower is reflected in the generic name, which is derived from the Greek gastrodes (pot-bellied)."

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 181 [secondary reference]

common name: Potato Orchids [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 371 [secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 205 [secondary reference]

common name: bell orchids [n/a] common name: Potato orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "belly, alluding to the swollen tuber of this orchid"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 278 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek gastrodes, pot-bellied; reference to the flowers which are tubular with a swollen sac-like or pot-bellied base"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 351 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 383 [secondary reference]

common name: Bell Orchids [n/a] common name: Potato Orchids [n/a]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 3: nomenclatural adjustments in the tribe Gastrodieae (Orchidaceae); new combinations in Demorchis and Neoclemensia and the erection of the new genus Leptogastrodia. Australian Orchid Review 84(1): 41 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 636-637 [secondary reference]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 28 [secondary reference]

common name: Bell Orchids [n/a] common name: Potato Orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Greek gastrodes (pot-bellied), in reference to the tubular flowers."

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