Orchidaceae Juss.
Empusa habenarina (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (June 2004), Miscellaneous new species, new genera, reinstated genera and new combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. The Orchadian, Scientific Supplement 14(8): xiv [comb. nov.]
basionym: Sturmia habenarina F.Muell. legitimate
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: 27, 73, 81, 87, 129 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Liparis habenarina (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 643 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sturmia habenarina F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Liparis habenarina (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leptorkis habenarina (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate common name: Hobgoblin Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 308 [secondary reference]
common name: Common Sphinx Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Refers to it's resemblance to the species in the genus Habenaria."
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: 237-238, Figs 1D (map), 12 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Sturmia habenarina F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Liparis habenarina (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Leptorkis habenarina (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate common name: Hobgoblin orchid [n/a] common name: Kimberley mosquito orchid [n/a]
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 14 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Liparis habenarina (F.Muell.) Benth. legitimate