Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Cyrtostylis R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
322
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Cyrtostylis reniformis R.Br.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
113
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
538
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II
203
[secondary reference]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1
132
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
Greek kyrtos, curved; stylos, a column.
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
168
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Acianthus R.Br. legitimate
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1987) , Reinstatement of the genus Cyrtostylis R. Br. and its relationships with Acianthus R. Br. (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 2
157
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
396
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Cyrtostylis. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
420
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
44
[secondary reference]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
75-76, Figs 40-41
[secondary reference]
common name:
Gnat-orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
"The name Cyrtostylis (swollen column), refers to the fluted enlargement of the column below the stigma."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
225
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mosquito Orchids [n/a]
Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Cyrtostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4
218
[secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
833
[secondary reference]
Kores, P.J. in Holttum, R.E. (1995) , A systematic study of the genus Acianthus (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Allertonia 7(3)
181
[basionym]
basionym of:
Acianthus sect. Cyrtostylis (Kores legitimate
Kores, P.J. in Holttum, R.E. (1995) , A systematic study of the genus Acianthus (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Allertonia 7(3)
146
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Acianthus R.Br. legitimate
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1
175
[secondary reference]
common name:
Gnat Orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania
127
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2
175
[secondary reference]
common name:
Gnat Orchids [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
362
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
147
[secondary reference]
common name:
gnat orchids [n/a]
common name:
midge orchids [n/a]
common name:
Mosquito orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"arched columnm, alluding to the curved column found in all species"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008) , Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory
278
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"from the Greek cyrtos , curved, bent and stylos , column; reference to the curved column"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
250
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
269
[secondary reference]
common name:
Mosquito Orchids [n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia
[p. 316 (photo) of PDF]
[secondary reference]
common name:
Gnat-orchids
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Acianthus sect. Cyrtostylis (Kores legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
51
[secondary reference]
common name:
Gnat Orchids [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
238
[secondary reference]
common name:
Gnat Orchids [n/a]
common name:
Midge Orchids [n/a]
common name:
Mosquito Orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek cyrtos (curved) and -stylos (pertaining to the style), in reference to the curved column found in all species."
