Rogers, R.S. (1915), Notes on certain species of Pterostylis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 28(1): 106, t. IX. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Upper Yarra (Chas. Walter).; Orbost (E.E. Pescott); Dandenong Creek, near Oakleigh (C. French, jun.); near Dandenong Ranges (C. French, jun., 1890)."

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 86 [secondary reference]

common name: Sickle Greenhood [n/a]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 134 [secondary reference]

common name: Sickle Greenwood [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 17 [secondary reference]

common name: Sickle Greenhood [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 193, 194 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Pterostylis. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 400 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 122 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Dandenong Creek near Oakleigh, Victoria', Oct. 1911, C. French s.n. (lectotype AD! here designated, isolectotype MEL!)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 122 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 817 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Pterostylis R.Br. in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 144 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 225 [secondary reference]

common name: Sickle Greenhood [n/a]

• Etymology: "sickle-shaped"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 72-73, Plate 179 [secondary reference]

common name: Sickle Greenhood [n/a]

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: 137 [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: 26 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate by Lindley, J. (February 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 390

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]

misapplication: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate by Lindley, J. (February 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 390

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 206-207 [secondary reference]

common name: Sickle Greenhood [n/a]

• Etymology: "sickle-shaped (flower)"

Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 103 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis lustra D.L.Jones legitimate by 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

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 567 (photo), pp. 586-587 (photos, map) of PDF] [secondary reference]

common name: Large Sickle Greenhood [n/a]

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 584 of PDF] [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis lustra 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: 101 [secondary reference]

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, 64, 75, 98, 107, 117 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: - misapplication: Pterostylis furcata Lindl. legitimate by Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 817, pl. 15a-c

• APC Dist.: SA, ACT, Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis lustra D.L.Jones legitimate by 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

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 517-518 [secondary reference]

common name: Sickle Greenhood [n/a]

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