Orchidaceae Juss.
Cryptostylis leptochila F.Muell. ex Benth. , legitimate, scientific
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 334 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "N.S. Wales. Springwood, R. Cunningham, a single specimen; Kurrajong, Mrs Calvert, two small specimens."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 255 [secondary reference]
Coleman, E. (1927), Pollination of the orchid Cryptostylis leptochila. The Victorian Naturalist 44: 20-23 [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 78 [secondary reference]
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]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 126-127 [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: 393-394 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Tongue Orchid [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 390 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Cryptostylis leptochila var. frenchiana F.Muell. legitimate common name: Small 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]
  • Lectotype: "`Springwood', 1834, R. Cunningham s.n. (lectotype K! here designated, isolectotype MEL!)."
taxonomic synonym: Cryptostylis leptochila var. frenchiana F.Muell. legitimate
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Cryptostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 221 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Tongue Orchid [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 746, Fig. 146f [secondary reference]
common name: Small Tongue-orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 177-178, Plate 424 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Tongue Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 125 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Tongue Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "slender lip (labellum)"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 177-178, Plate 424 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Tongue Orchid [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: 21 [secondary reference]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 97 [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: 20, 71, 84, 106, 113 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Cryptostylis leptochila F.Muell. ex Benth. var. leptochila legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cryptostylis leptochila var. frenchiana F.Muell. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 297-298 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Tongue Orchid [n/a]