Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 327 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (24 October 1854), Second general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the Colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 15 [secondary reference]

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: 89 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 199 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 255, 256 [secondary reference]

Ewart, A.J., Rees, B. & Wood, B. (March 1912), Contributions to the Flora of Australia, No. 17. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24(1): 71-72 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 547 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 152 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Small-flowered.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 247 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "small-flowered"

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 94 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis aphylla Lindl. legitimate common name: Baby Greenhood [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: 468 [secondary reference]

common name: Baby Greenhood [n/a]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 146-147 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis aphylla Lindl. legitimate

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

common name: Tiny Greenwood [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 23-24 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Greenhood [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 33 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis aphylla Lindl. legitimate

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2125 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 202-203 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Greenhood [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis whitei F.M.Bailey legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 125 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Port Jackson; between Sydney and Parramatta near Aiten's Bridge', Apr. 1805, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype BM! W!)."

taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis whitei F.M.Bailey legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 125 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 124-125 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pterostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 183-184 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Greenhood [n/a]

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (September 1993), Orchidaceae. A list of the vascular plants of South Australia Edn. 4: 133 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pterostylis aff. parviflora [n/a] by Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 247

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pterostylis aff. parviflora [n/a] by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2125

Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 819, Fig. 170d-f [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Greenhood [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 96, Plate 237 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Greenhood [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: 147-148. Fig. 7.7 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 233 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Greenhood [n/a]

• Etymology: "with small flowers"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 96, Plate 237 [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: 83 [basionym]

basionym of: Speculantha parviflora (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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: 140 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Speculantha parviflora (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 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, 27 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Speculantha parviflora (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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: Speculantha parviflora (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 102 [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: 39, 76, 89, 99, 107, 117 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Speculantha parviflora (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis whitei F.M.Bailey legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Pterostylis corpulenta (D.L.Jones) 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: 2125

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 524 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Speculantha parviflora (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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