Orchidaceae Juss.
Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(J.) v.v."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 258 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 181, 182 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 545 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. legitimate
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 121 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Few-flowered.
Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 22 [secondary reference]
Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4): 159 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 215 [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 9 [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: 472 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 76-77 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 5, pl. 26 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 130 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 195 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Port Jackson, Brown, 1803 - holo.: BM, iso.: E."
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 42-43, Fig. 5R [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun-orchid [n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 197 [secondary reference]
common name: Few-flowered Sun Orchid [n/a] common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 25 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 34 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra pauciflora var. pallida Nicholls nom. inval.
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 54-55 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2142 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 843 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 301 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 392 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra colensoi Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra cornuta Colenso legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra pauciflora var. pallida Nicholls nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra sanscilia Irwin ex Hatch legitimate common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 142 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Port Jackson; between Sydney and Parramatta, moist meadows', Sep.–Oct. 1803, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype BM! P!)."
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender sun-orchid [n/a]
  • Text: 'putative hybrids with T. holmesii, T. ixioides, T. mucida, T. nuda and T. rubra have been observed."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 263 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Thelymitra. Flora of New South Wales 4: 148-149 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 172-173 [secondary reference]
Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 845-847, Fig. 178j-m [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Treated as ' Thelymitra nuda-pauciflora complex'
Backhouse, G.N. & Jeanes, J.A. (1995), The Orchids of Victoria: 356 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 30, Plate 68 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 263 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 193 [secondary reference]
Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 68 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 282 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "with few flowers"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 30, Plate 68 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 141 [secondary reference]
Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun 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: 28 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. (22 July 2004), A revision of the Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia. Muelleria 19: 25-28, Figs 1, 11 BHL [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: 202 [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: 202 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanapicata Jeanes legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 202 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra exigua Jeanes legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 202 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra inflata Jeanes legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 201 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra malvina M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 202 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra peniculata Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
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: 201 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra albiflora Jeanes legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 201 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra arenaria Lindl. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 201 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra batesii Jeanes legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 201 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra bracteata J.Z.Weber ex Jeanes legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
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: 201 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra brevifolia Jeanes legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanapicata Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 254-255 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "few-flowered"
Bates, R.J. (20 December 2010), The Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. complex (Orchidaceae) in South Australia with the description of seven new taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 30 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]
pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Thelymitra pallidifructus R.J.Bates legitimate
Bates, R.J. (20 December 2010), The Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. complex (Orchidaceae) in South Australia with the description of seven new taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 24: 25 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra latifolia R.J.Bates legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2142
State Herbarium of South Australia (2015), Census of South Australian Plants, Algae and Fungi: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra batesii Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
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: 244 [secondary reference]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 104 [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: 49, 65, 78, 91, 101, 108, 119 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. var. pauciflora legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra vulgaris Jeanes legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 22
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra vulgaris Jeanes legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 25
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra vulgaris Jeanes legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra vulgaris Jeanes legitimate by Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 843
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra vulgaris Jeanes legitimate by Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 263
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra vulgaris Jeanes legitimate by Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 263
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra peniculata Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra pallidifructus R.J.Bates legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra odora R.J.Bates legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra malvina M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra latifolia R.J.Bates legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2142
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra inflata Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra exigua Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanapicata Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra crenulata R.J.Bates legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra brevifolia Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Thelymitra brevifolia Jeanes legitimate by Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 5, pl. 26
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra bracteata J.Z.Weber ex Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra batesii Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra arenaria Lindl. legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Thelymitra albiflora Jeanes legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 435 [secondary reference]
common name: Slender Sun Orchid [n/a]