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
[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."