Orchidaceae Juss.
Acianthus exsertus R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 321 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(J.) v.v."
Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 July 1812), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 2(2): 571 [basionym]
basionym of: Epipactis exserta (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35): 96 [replaced synonym]
replaced synonym of: Acianthus brunonis F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 90 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 5 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 201 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 262 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 213, 237 [secondary reference]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 130-132 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Protruded, referring to the bending forwards of the column.
Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 24 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "A species stated to occur in Western Australia, but no authentic record seen by me."
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 226 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "protruded, referring to the bending forwards of the column"
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 48 [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Acianthus brunonis F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. common name: Gnat Orchid [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 470 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 120 [secondary reference]
common name: Gnat Orchid [n/a]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 168 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Recorded for Western Australia by Rogers in Black, Fl. S. Austral. 132 (1922). There is no authentic record from W.A. Possibly a collection from Bayswater, Victoria caused the error, as there is also a Bayswater in W.A."
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 117-118 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 26 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 54 [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Appears in square brackets and italics as an "erroneous record".
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2057 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 387 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Acianthus. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 419-420 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 9 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Port Jackson; North Rocks', May 1804, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (1) BM here designated, isolectotype BM!)."
nomenclatural synonym: Epipactis exserta (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Acianthus brunonis F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 30 (fig.), 32-33 (map), Fig. 52, Plate 25 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Acianthus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 217 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 831-832, Fig. 175d-f [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Kores, P.J. in Holttum, R.E. (1995), A systematic study of the genus Acianthus (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Allertonia 7(3): 206-210, Fig. 47 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Epipactis exserta (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Acianthus pusillus D.L.Jones legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Acianthus brunonis F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 172-173, Plate 410 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 172-173, Plate 410 [secondary reference]
common name: Mosquito 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: 134 [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: 17 [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: 191 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Acianthus pusillus D.L.Jones legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 321
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 28-29 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Mosquito Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "protruding, projecting"
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 21 of PDF] (photos, map) [secondary reference]
common name: Large Mosquito-orchid [n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 20 of PDF] [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Acianthus pusillus D.L.Jones legitimate
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 94 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Acianthus pusillus D.L.Jones legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 117-118
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: 4, 63, 67, 82, 110 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Epipactis exserta (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Acianthus brunonis F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Acianthus pusillus D.L.Jones legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 117-118
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Acianthus pusillus D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2057
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 46 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Epipactis exserta (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate common name: Dark Mosquito Orchid [n/a]