Orchidaceae Juss.
Chiloglottis R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 322 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Chiloglottis diphylla R.Br.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 114 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 265 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 539 [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 43-45 [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: 478 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 203-206 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 126-128 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 83-84 [secondary reference]
common name: Bird Orchids [n/a] common name: Ant Orchids [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 28 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 143-144 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Chiloglottis. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 414 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 36 [secondary reference]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 66-67, Fig. 22 [secondary reference]
common name: Bird-orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991), New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2: 36-44 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 84 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Chiloglottis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 190 [secondary reference]
common name: Bird orchids [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 746-747 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 113 [secondary reference]
common name: Bird Orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Chiloglottis in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 62 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 103-104 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "... is based on the similarity of the labellum and callus to the human windpipe, and is derived from the Greek cheilos (lip) and glottis (mouth of the windpipe)."
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 113 [secondary reference]
common name: Bird Orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 459 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (2006), Miscellaneous new species of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 5: 73 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Chiologottis F.Muell. orth. var.
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 277 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "from the Greek cheilos, lip and glottis, mouth of the windpipe; an apparent reference to resemblance of the labellum calli to the opening of a windpipe"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 179 [secondary reference]
Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 17 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: x Chilosimpliglottis Jeanes legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Chiologottis F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Chiloglottis R.Br. subg. Chiloglottis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Simpliglottis Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: x Chilosimpliglottis Jeanes legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chiloglottis subg. Simpliglottis (Szlach.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Myrmechila D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 267-268 [secondary reference]
common name: Bird Orchids [n/a] common name: Ant Orchids [n/a] common name: Wasp Orchids [n/a]