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."

Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: 50, adnot. [223] [basionym]

basionym of: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 189 [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: 182-183, Plate LVIII [secondary reference]

common name: Veined Blue Orchid [n/a]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 122 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Veined, referring to perianth-segments.

Cheeseman, T.F. (1925), Manual of the New Zealand Flora Edn. 2: 343 [secondary reference]

Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4): 157-158 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate common name: Alpine Sun Orchid [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 217 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "veined, referring to perianth-segments"

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 10 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 473 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 128 Fig 114C-C2 [secondary reference]

common name: Veined Sun orchid [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 352 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 48-49, Fig. 5D, Pl. 22 [secondary reference]

common name: Veined Sun-orchid [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 34 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2145, Fig. 1009 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 305, 307 [secondary reference]

common name: Large Veined Sun Orchid [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 143 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Port Jackson; Marshes towards Botany Bay', Oct.–Nov. 1803, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype BM!)."

nomenclatural synonym: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. speciosa Nicholls nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. magnifica Rupp legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 163-164 (map), Fig. 236, Plates 9 & 226 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate common name: Veined sun-orchid [n/a]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Thelymitra. Flora of New South Wales 4: 151, pl. 10 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. magnifica Rupp legitimate common name: Large Veined Sun Orchid [n/a]

Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 853-854 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Treated as ' Thelymitra venosa complex'

Szlachetko, D.L. (1995), Systema Orchidalium. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica. Materialy Floristiczne i Geobotaniczne Suppl. 3: 113 [basionym]

basionym of: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Szlach. isonym

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 24-25, Plate 49 [secondary reference]

common name: Large Veined Sun Orchid [n/a]

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 24-25, Plate 49 [secondary reference]

common name: Large Veined 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]

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 29 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 352

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 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2145, Fig. 1009

Jeanes, J.A. (16 March 2012), Two new rare species in the Thelymitra venosa complex (Orchidaceae) from south-eastern mainland Australia. Muelleria 30(1): 11-14, Figs 1a, 4a, 2a (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. speciosa Nicholls nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. magnifica Rupp legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. (16 March 2012), Two new rare species in the Thelymitra venosa complex (Orchidaceae) from south-eastern mainland Australia. Muelleria 30(1): 14 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Cheeseman, T.F. (1925), Manual of the New Zealand Flora Edn. 2: 343

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 352

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 48-49, Fig. 5D, Pl. 22

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: 50, 78 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Thelymitra venosa R.Br. var. venosa legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Szlach. isonym taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. speciosa Nicholls nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. magnifica Rupp legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. typica Hatch nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 352

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 48-49, Fig. 5D, Pl. 22

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2145, Fig. 1009

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 454 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Macdonaldia venosa (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra venosa var. magnifica Rupp legitimate common name: Large Veined Sun Orchid [n/a]

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