Orchidaceae Juss.
Cyrtostylis tenuissima (Nicholls & Goadby) 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, Figs 1-10 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Acianthus tenuissimus Nicholls & Goadby legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 398, 649 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acianthus tenuissimus Nicholls & Goadby legitimate common name: Tiny 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]
nomenclatural synonym: Acianthus tenuissimus Nicholls & Goadby legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 228 [secondary reference]
common name: Dwarf Mosquito Orchid [n/a] common name: Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Kores, P.J. in Holttum, R.E. (1995), A systematic study of the genus Acianthus (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Allertonia 7(3): 192 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Acianthus tenuissimus Nicholls & Goadby legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 228 [secondary reference]
common name: Dwarf Mosquito Orchid [n/a] common name: Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 84 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 362-363 [secondary reference]
common name: Gnat Orchid [n/a] common name: Dwarf Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 148 [secondary reference]
common name: dwarf mosquito orchid [n/a] common name: Gnat orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "most slender, alluding to the slender flowers"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 273 [secondary reference]
common name: Dwarf Mosquito Orchid [n/a] common name: Gnat Orchid [n/a]
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, 128 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acianthus tenuissimus Nicholls & Goadby legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 53 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Acianthus tenuissimus Nicholls & Goadby legitimate common name: Dwarf Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 240 [secondary reference]
common name: Gnat Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin tenuis (thin, fine, slight, delicate, little), in reference to the small, narrow flowers."