Orchidaceae Juss.
Spiranthes australis (R.Br.) Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (1824), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 10: subt. 823 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Neottia australis R.Br. legitimate
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: 111 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 188 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 257 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 536 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 183, 238 [secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 545 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Neottia australis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spiranthes novae-zelandiae Hook.f. legitimate
Merrill, E.D. (7 January 1920), Additional notes on the Kwangtung flora. The Philippine Journal of Science 15(3): 230 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes aristotelia Merr. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 146, Fig. 34 A [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: Southern
Makino, T. (20 December 1929), A contribution to the knowledge of the flora of Japan. Journal of Japanese Botany 6(12): 37 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Ibidium spirale (Lour.) Makino legitimate
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 241 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 105 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Kitamura, S. (1964), Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 21(1-2): 23 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis subsp. australis (R.Br.) Kitam. legitimate
Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 96 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 128 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis subsp. australis (R.Br.) Kitam. legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 33 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis subsp. australis (R.Br.) Kitam. legitimate
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 417 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 136 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 58 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 743 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 254 [secondary reference]
common name: Pink Spiral Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "southern"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 178, Plate 425 [secondary reference]
common name: Austral Ladies Tresses [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 27 [secondary reference]
misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate by Ames, O. (1908), Orchidaceae: illustrations and studies of the family Orchidaceae, issuing from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts 2: 53
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: 201 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Neottia australis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spiranthes sinensis subsp. australis (R.Br.) Kitam. legitimate misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate by Ames, O. (1908), Orchidaceae: illustrations and studies of the family Orchidaceae, issuing from the Ames Botanical Laboratory, North Easton, Massachusetts 2: 53
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: 48, 78, 90, 108, 119 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Neottia australis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Monustes australis (R.Br.) Raf. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spiranthes australis (R.Br.) Lindl. var. australis legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spiranthes sinensis subsp. australis (R.Br.) Kitam. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spiranthes sinensis var. australis (R.Br.) H.Hara & Kitam. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spiranthes alticola D.L.Jones legitimate misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 96-97, pl. 352 misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 414 misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate by Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 424-425 misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate by Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 135-136 misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 58-60
  • APC Comment: Spiranthes alticola is recognised as a distinct taxon in the ACT and Tas.
  • APC Dist.: SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Spiranthes elytra D.L.Jones & R.J.Bates 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: 201
Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (August 2018), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2017 to 2018. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2018: 11 [secondary reference]
misapplication: Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 611-612 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Neottia australis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Spiranthes sinensis subsp. australis (R.Br.) Kitam. legitimate common name: Pink Spiral Orchid [n/a]