Orchidaceae Juss.
Cyrtostylis robusta D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1987), Reinstatement of the genus Cyrtostylis R. Br. and its relationships with Acianthus R. Br. (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 2: 157, 160, Figs 11-15 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "WESTERN AUSTRALIA: ca. 5 kilometres south of Jerramungup, 28 Aug. 1986, D.L. Jones 2410 (Holotype: CBG; Isotypes: CBG, AD, K)."
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 398 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 45 [secondary reference]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 76 -77 (map), Plate 93 [secondary reference]
common name: Winter-flowered mosquito-orchid [n/a] common name: Winter-flowered gnat-orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The name robusta indicates that this is a more robust species than C. reniformis, a species under which it was included until 1987."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 226 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a] common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 834-835, Fig. 176c-d [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat-orchid [n/a]
Kores, P.J. in Holttum, R.E. (1995), A systematic study of the genus Acianthus (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Allertonia 7(3): 183 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Acianthus reniformis (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 175, Plate 419 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 226 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a] common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), Introduction and the genera Acianthus, Arthrochilus, X Calassodia, Calochilus, Corybas, Cyrtostylis, Dipodium, Dockrillia, Gastrodia, Leptoceras, Microtis, Pyrorchis and Townsonia. Australian Orchid Research 3: 7 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 129 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 175, Plate 419 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 83 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 362 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a] common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 21 [secondary reference]
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 197 [secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication: Acianthus reniformis (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate by Schlechter, F.R.R. (1906), Beitrage zur kenntnis der Flora von Neu-Kaledonien. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 39: 39
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 148 [secondary reference]
common name: large gnat orchid [n/a] common name: Mosquito orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "robust, alluding to the large labellum"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 270 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a] common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 228-229, photos 1-4 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 97 [secondary reference]
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: 20, 96, 106, 113, 128 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
pro parte misapplication: Acianthus reniformis (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate by Kores, P.J. in Holttum, R.E. (1995), A systematic study of the genus Acianthus (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Allertonia 7(3): 182-186, Fig. 40 misapplication: Cyrtostylis reniformis R.Br. legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 24 misapplication: Acianthus reniformis (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 23 misapplication: Acianthus reniformis (R.Br.) Schltr. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 54 misapplication: Cyrtostylis reniformis R.Br. var. reniformis legitimate by Hnatiuk, R.J. (ed.) (1990), Census of Australian Vascular Plants: 419
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 52-53 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 240 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin robustus (strong, robust), referring to the large labellum."