Orchidaceae Juss.
Didymoplexis pallens Griff.
, legitimate, scientific
[Griffith, W. (1843), Calcutta Journal of Natural History 4]:
383, t. 17
[tax. nov.]
-
Type:
"Prope caespites Bambusarum, Calcutta, Serampore."
[Reichenbach, H.G. in Seemann, B.C. (1868), Orchideae. Flora Vitiensis 9]:
296
[basionym]
basionym of:
Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Contributions to the phytogeography of the New Hebrides and Loyalty Islands]:
22
[basionym]
basionym of:
Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell.
legitimate
[Hemsley, W.B. (1883), On the synonymy of the orchidaceous genus Didymoplexis Griffith and the elongation of the pedicels of D. pallens after flowering. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 20]:
311
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa bengalensis Hemsl.
nom. inval., pro syn.
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3]:
5
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
188
[secondary reference]
[Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids]:
218-219
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leucorchis sylvatica Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa ecristata Griff.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apetalon minutum Wight
legitimate
[Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26]:
57
[secondary reference]
[Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1]:
38
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia]:
399, 419
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Nervilia pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Dockrill
legitimate
[Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2]:
41
[secondary reference]
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
65
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leucorchis sylvatica Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa ecristata Griff.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apetalon minutum Wight
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pogonia pachystomoides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa bengalensis Hemsl.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Ridl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheirostylis kanarensis Blatt. & McCann
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nervilia pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Dockrill
legitimate
[Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region]:
1008, Fig. 303C
[secondary reference]
[Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1]:
256-257, Pl. 35
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leucorchis sylvatica Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa ecristata Griff.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apetalon minutum Wight
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pogonia pachystomoides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa bengalensis Hemsl.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Ridl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheirostylis kanarensis Blatt. & McCann
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nervilia pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Dockrill
legitimate
[Du Puy, D.J., Jones, D.L. & Edgar, E. (1993), Orchidaceae. Flora of Australia 50]:
520
[secondary reference]
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
374
[secondary reference]
common name:
Lily of the valley orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"pale, alluding to the pale flower colouration"
[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]:
23, 81, 86, 128, 139
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
orthographic variant:
Didymoplexis palens M.B.Thomas & W.J.McDonald
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leucorchis sylvatica Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa ecristata Griff.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apetalon minutum Wight
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pogonia pachystomoides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa bengalensis Hemsl.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Leucorchis minuta F.Muell.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Ridl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheirostylis kanarensis Blatt. & McCann
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nervilia pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Dockrill
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apetalum minutum Dockrill
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Didymoplexis pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Garay & W.Kittr.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leucanorchis sylvatica Dockrill
orth. var.
-
APC Dist.:
WA, ChI, NT, Qld
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
635
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pogonia pachystomoides F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nervilia pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Dockrill
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Didymoplexis pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Garay & W.Kittr.
legitimate
common name:
Crystal Bells
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
302
[secondary reference]
common name:
Crystal Bells
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"From the Latin pallidus (pale), in reference to the pale plant colour."
[Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D. & Clements, M.A. (12 August 2022), A revision of Orchidaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia with new species of tropical Calochilus and Dipodium. Telopea 25]:
229-231, Figs 1B (map), 9
[secondary reference]
-
Type:
"India: near bamboo clumps, Serampor, Calcutta, W.Griffith s.n. (type: CAL, n.v. (possibly lost); icon t. 17)."
nomenclatural synonym:
Epiphanes pallens (Griff.) Rchb.f.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Gastrodia pallens (Griff.) F.Muell.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Leucorchis sylvatica Blume
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa ecristata Griff.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Apetalon minutum Wight
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arethusa bengalensis Hemsl.
nom. inval., pro syn.
taxonomic synonym:
Didymoplexis sylvatica (Blume) Ridl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cheirostylis kanarensis Blatt. & McCann
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Pogonia pachystomoides F.Muell.
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Nervilia pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Dockrill
legitimate
doubtful taxonomic synonym:
Didymoplexis pachystomoides (F.Muell.) Garay & W.Kittr.
legitimate
common name:
Crystal bells
[n/a]
common name:
Potato orchid
[n/a]