Orchidaceae Juss.
Geodorum terrestre (L.) Garay , legitimate, scientific
Garay, L.A. (1997), De nominibus orchidacearum incunabulorum. Harvard Papers in Botany 2(11): 47-49, Fig. 1 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Epidendrum terrestre L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phaius terrestris (L.) Ormerod legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 388 [secondary reference]
common name: Bent orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "terrestrial, alluding to bent orchid being originally considered a terrestrial species"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. legitimate by Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 388
Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30: 345 [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. legitimate
  • Text: "Misapplied name. R.L. Barrett in litt. (08/06/2018)."
Chase, M.W., Schuiteman, A. & Kumar, P. (17 March 2021), Expansion of the orchid genus Eulophia (Eulophiinae; Epidendroideae) to include Acrolophia, Cymbidiella, Eulophiella, Geodorum, Oeceoclades and Paralophia. Phytotaxa 491(1): 53 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Eulophia terrestris (L.) M.W.Chase, Kumar & Schuit. legitimate
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: 242 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Eulophia picta (R.Br.) Ormerod legitimate by Garay, L.A. (1997), De nominibus orchidacearum incunabulorum. Harvard Papers in Botany 2(11): 47-49, Fig. 1