Orchidaceae Juss.
Peristeranthus T.E.Hunt , legitimate, scientific
Hunt, T.E. (September 1954), A proposed new genus of the family Orchidaceae. The Queensland Naturalist 15: 17 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Peristeranthus hillii (F.Muell.) Hunt
  • Etymology: "(Gk. peristera— a dove, and anthus— a flower, the flower bearing a fanciful resemblance to a dove)."
Dockrill, A.W. (19 September 1967), Australasian Sarcanthinae: 24-25 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 753-755 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 31 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 546 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 445 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 103 [secondary reference]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Peristeranthus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 245 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 953 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 205 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 648 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Aerides [infragenus] Ornithochilus Lindl. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Ornithochilus (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Qld, NSW
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 717 [secondary reference]