Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris pauciflora R.Br.
, legitimate, scientific
[Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805]:
316
[tax. nov.]
-
Type:
(M.) v.v." [given by A.S.George, Nuytsia 1 (1971) 178 as "King George Sound, R. Brown, Dec. 1801 – holo.: BM, iso.: E, K."].
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
112
[secondary reference]
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
178
[secondary reference]
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
178
[basionym]
basionym of:
Diuris emarginata var. pauciflora (R.Br.) A.S.George
legitimate
[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]:
822
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Diuris emarginata R.Br.
legitimate
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
69
[secondary reference]
-
Lectotype:
"`King George Sound', Dec. 1801, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM!, here designated, isolectotype AD! E! K! L!)."
taxonomic synonym:
Diuris emarginata var. pauciflora (R.Br.) A.S.George
legitimate
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2]:
406
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swamp Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)]:
406
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swamp Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
365
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swamp Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
172
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swamp bee orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"few flowers, alluding to the type specimen having few flowers"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
488
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swamp Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
[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]:
25, 128
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Diuris emarginata var. pauciflora (R.Br.) A.S.George
legitimate
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
243-244
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swamp Donkey Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1]:
286
[secondary reference]
common name:
Swamp Bee Orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"From the Latin paucus (few, little), and -floris (flower), in reference to the few flowered inflorescence."