Orchidaceae Juss.
Cryptostylis hunteriana Nicholls , legitimate, scientific
Nicholls, W.H. (10 March 1938), A new species of the genus Cryptostylis R. Br. The Victorian Naturalist 54(11): 182-183, pl. XVIII (A-G) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Marlo plains."
common name: Furred-Tongue Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The discoverer of this new form is Mr. W. Hunter, surveyor of Orbost district, whose name the new species will bear."
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 479 [secondary reference]
Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1: 399 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 28 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 393 [secondary reference]
common name: Leafless Tongue Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 42 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "'Country off the old Bemm Road, from Cape Conran to Orbost, 'Marlo Plains', Dec.-Jan., W. Hunter s.n. (holo MEL!)."
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cryptostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 220 [secondary reference]
common name: Leafless Tongue Orchid [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 744, Fig. 146c-d [secondary reference]
common name: Leafless Tongue-orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 177, Plate 423 [secondary reference]
common name: Leafless Tongue Orchid [n/a]
Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 18 [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: 21 [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic
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: 20, 71, 84, 113 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Cryptostylis hunterana D.L.Jones & T.B.Muir orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 297 [secondary reference]
common name: Leafless Tongue Orchid [n/a]