Orchidaceae Juss.
Pterostylis excelsa M.A.Clem.
, legitimate, scientific
[Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4]:
2119, fig. 984
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"cultivated Australian National Botanic Garden ex "South Australia, Eyre Peninsula, Koongawa, Waddikee Rocks", 28 Nov. 1978, M.A. Clements 1600E (CBG), Isotype: AD."
[Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia]:
217
[secondary reference]
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
122
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis squamata var. valida Nicholls
legitimate
[Ross, J.H. in Ross, J.H. (ed.) (March 1990), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 3]:
18, 174
[secondary reference]
[Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia]:
131-132 (map), Fig. 208, Plate 167
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dryland green-hood
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"The name excelsa (lofty or high) refers to the tall, elegant flower scape."
[Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1]:
86, Plate 211
[secondary reference]
[Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2]:
86, Plate 211
[secondary reference]
[Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1)]:
24
[basionym]
basionym of:
Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach.
legitimate
[Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7]:
26
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis basaltica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by [Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4]: 2119, fig. 984
[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]:
200
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis mitchellii f. major W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow
nom. inval., pro syn.
misapplication:
Pterostylis mitchellii Lindl.
legitimate
by [Lindley, J. in Mitchell, T.L. (1848), Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia]: 365
misapplication:
Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha
legitimate
by [Blackmore, J.A.P. & Clemesha, S.C. (June 1968), A review of the so-called "rufous group" for the genus Pterostylis. The Orchadian 2(12)]: 154 & fig.
[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]:
199
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Pterostylis cobarensis M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by [Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4]: 2119, fig. 984
[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]:
38, 98
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Oligochaetochilus excelsa Szlach.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pterostylis mitchellii f. major W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, Jessop & Vonow
nom. inval., pro syn.
misapplication:
Pterostylis mitchellii Lindl.
legitimate
by [Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1]: 248-249
misapplication:
Pterostylis hamata Blackmore & Clemesha
legitimate
by [Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Black, J.M. (6 July 1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1]: 442-443
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Pterostylis cobarensis M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by [Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia]: 131-132 (map), Fig. 208, Plate 167
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[misapplied]
misapplied to:
Pterostylis basaltica D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
by [Ross, J.H. in Ross, J.H. (ed.) (March 1990), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 3]: 18, 174
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to:
Pterostylis sp. Short sepals (A.G.Spooner 12842) SA Herbarium
[n/a]
by [Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia]: 131-132 (map), Fig. 208, Plate 167
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
572
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Oligochaetochilus excelsus (M.A.Clem.) Szlach.
legitimate