Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis R.Br.
, nom. cons., scientific
[Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]:
326
[tax. nov.]
-
nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 1449).
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
113
[secondary reference]
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
254, 255-257
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
537
[secondary reference]
common name:
Parson-in-the-pulpit
[n/a]
common name:
Nun-flower
[n/a]
[Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II]:
196-197
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1]:
147-148
[secondary reference]
[Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1]:
241-242
[secondary reference]
common name:
Green-hoods
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"Greek pteron, a wing; stylos, column"
[Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales]:
78-101, 143
[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]:
466
[secondary reference]
[Cady, L.I. (1966), An Illustrated Checklist of the Genus Pterostylis. Australian Plants 4]:
60-74
[secondary reference]
[Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids]:
143-157
[secondary reference]
[Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory]:
130-136
[secondary reference]
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
189
[secondary reference]
[Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A]:
6-11
[secondary reference]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales]:
32
[secondary reference]
[Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pterostylis. Flora of Central Australia]:
516
[secondary reference]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia]:
287
[secondary reference]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Cady, L.I. (September 1986), The genus Pterostylis in Australia and New Zealand. The Orchadian 8(9)]:
183-188
[secondary reference]
[Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2]:
836
[secondary reference]
[Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M., Chaloner, W.G., Demoulin, V., Grolle, R., Hawkesworth, D.L., Nicolson, D.H., Silva, P.C., Stafleu, F.A., Voss, E.G. & McNeill, J. (ed.) (1988), International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Berlin, 1988. Regnum Vegetabile 118]:
183
[secondary reference]
-
Lectotype:
Pterostylis curta R.Br. (typ. cons.)
[Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia]:
175-177
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Pterostylis. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3]:
397-399
[secondary reference]
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
118
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Diplodium Sw.
nom. rej.
[Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia]:
118-119, Fig. 23, Plate 18
[secondary reference]
common name:
Green-hoods
[n/a]
[Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera]:
143
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Diplodium Sw.
nom. rej.
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2]:
333
[secondary reference]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1]:
105
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pterostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4]:
171
[secondary reference]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49]:
531
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2]:
798-802
[secondary reference]
[Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1]:
63-64
[secondary reference]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Pterostylis R.Br. in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3]:
136
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania]:
209-211
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"... refers to the prominent wings on the upper part of the column in all species, and is derived from the Greek pteron (wing) and stylis (style or column)."
[Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2]:
63-64
[secondary reference]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
382
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A new classification of Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae). Australian Orchid Research 4]:
65, Figs 2.1, 2.2, Map 2
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A. & Molloy, B.P.J. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A synopsis of the subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4]:
135
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (2006), Miscellaneous new species of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 5]:
85
[secondary reference]
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
263
[secondary reference]
common name:
snail orchids
[n/a]
common name:
shell orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"winged style, alluding to the prominently winged column found in all species"
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory]:
280
[secondary reference]
-
Etymology:
"from the Greek pteron, wing and stylos, column; reference to the prominent apical wing-like staminodes on the column"
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
716
[secondary reference]
[Janes, J.K. & Duretto, M.F. (31 August 2010), A new classification for subtribe Pterostylidinae (Orchidaceae), reaffirming Pterostylis in the broad sense. Australian Systematic Botany 23(4)]:
261
[secondary reference]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
395
[secondary reference]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Diplodium Sw.
nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Plumatichilos Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Oligochaetochilus Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Urochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
x Taurodium D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Taurantha D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Stamnorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Speculantha D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Ranorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pharochilum D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Petrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Linguella D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. sect. Linguella
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Linguella D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. subg. Linguella
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Linguella D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Hymenochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Crangonorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Bunochilus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Plumatichilos Szlach. sect. Plumatichilos
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Oligochaetochilus subg. Glabrichilos Szlach.
legitimate
pro parte taxonomic synonym:
Oligochaetochilus subg. Apicuchilos Szlach.
legitimate
-
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
507
[secondary reference]
common name:
Maroonhoods
[n/a]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
114
[secondary reference]
common name:
Snail orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Shell orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Greenhoods
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"From the Greek pteron (wing) and -stylos (column), in reference to the prominently winged column found in all species."