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• Type: "(J.) v.v."

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common name: Greenhoods [n/a]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 84-85 [secondary reference]

common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 82 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pterostylis concinna R.Br. legitimate by Lindley, J. (February 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 391

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common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a]

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common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a] common name: Pointed Greenhood [n/a]

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common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 119 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Port Jackson, near Sydney', Mar. 1803-5, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype AD! BM! E! P! W!)."

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common name: Pointed Greenhood [n/a]

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common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a]

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common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a]

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common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a]

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nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis acuminata R.Br. var. acuminata legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic

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common name: Pointed Greenhood [n/a] common name: Sharp Greenhood [n/a]

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