Orchidaceae Juss.
Drakaea elastica Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1840), Appendix to Vols 1-23. Edwards's Botanical Register Part 3: lvi, fig. 3 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (none cited).
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]
Fitzgerald, R.D. (January 1884), Australian Orchids 2(1): 4th plate [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 180 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Type: Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L, iso.: K, FI.
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea fitzgeraldii Schltr. legitimate
Blaxell, D.F. (14 December 1972), Arthrochilus F.Muell. and related genera (Orchidaceae) in Australasia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 279 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 210, 212-213 [secondary reference]
common name: Warty Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 55 [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: 824 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea fitzgeraldii Schltr. legitimate common name: Warty Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 152, 153 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 72 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Swan River', J. Drummond s.n. (lectotype one flower in a packet (b) and the illustration on the sheet in Lindley's herbarium (c) K-L! here designated, isolectotype K!)."
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea lucida J.Drumm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 83 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Drakaea livida J.Drumm. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (January 1884), Australian Orchids 2(1): 4th plate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 201 [secondary reference]
common name: Glossy-leaved Hammer Orchid [n/a] common name: Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 201 [secondary reference]
common name: Glossy-leafed Hammer Orchid [n/a] common name: Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 19 [secondary reference]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 85 [secondary reference]
common name: Warty Hamer Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 366 [secondary reference]
common name: Glossy-leaved Hammer Orchid [n/a] common name: Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (22 June 2007), A revision of Australia's hammer orchids (Drakaea: Orchidaceae), with some field data on species-specific sexually deceived wasp pollinators. Australian Systematic Botany 20(3): 266-268, Figs 2, 3, 13, 14 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea lucida J.Drumm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (22 June 2007), A revision of Australia's hammer orchids (Drakaea: Orchidaceae), with some field data on species-specific sexually deceived wasp pollinators. Australian Systematic Botany 20(3): 275 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Drakaea livida J.Drumm. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (January 1884), Australian Orchids 2(1): 4th plate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 182 [secondary reference]
common name: glossy-leafed hammer orchid [n/a] common name: Hammer orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "elastic, alluding to the hinged labellum"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 238 [secondary reference]
common name: Glossy-leafed Hammer Orchid [n/a] common name: Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 21 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea lucida J.Drumm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 22 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Drakaea livida J.Drumm. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (January 1884), Australian Orchids 2(1): 4th plate
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: 27, 129 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea lucida J.Drumm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers isonym
  • APC Dist.: WA
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Drakaea livida J.Drumm. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (January 1884), Australian Orchids 2(1): 4th plate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 281-282 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drakaea lucida J.Drumm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakaea jeanensis R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Glossy-leaved Hammer Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 302 [secondary reference]
common name: Glossy-leafed Hammer Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin elasticus (elastic, returning to its original position after being moved) in reference to the hinged labellum."