Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Thelymitra flexuosa

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Thelymitra(gen.)
flexuosa(sp.)

Thelymitra flexuosa Endl.

, legitimate

, scientific

Endlicher, S.F.L. in Endlicher, S.F.L. & Fenzl, E. (1839), Novarum Stirpium Decades 3

:

23

BHL

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Crescit in Novae-Hollandiae austro-occidentalis colonia King-Georges-Sound. (Hügel.)"

Lindley, J. (January 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants

:

385

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony

:

L

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae.

Plantae Preissianae

:

4

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6)

:

4

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875.

Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania

:

89

[secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants

:

112

[secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora

:

189, 190

BHL

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae.

Flora of South Australia

:

121

[secondary reference]

Etymology: Zig-zag stem.

Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia.

Orchidologia Zeylanica

:

160

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1

:

216

[secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales

:

9-10

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Eichler, Hj. in Black, J.M. (1965), Flora of South Australia

:

89

[secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia.

:

184, 194

BHL

[secondary reference]

Type: "King George Sound, Huegel - holo.: W."

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae.

The Student's Flora of Tasmania

:

51, Fig. 5G

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun-orchid

[n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales

:

34

[secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia

:

16-17

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

:

56

[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

:

842

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia

:

294-295

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae.

Australian Orchid Research

:

139

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia

:

155-156 (map), Fig. 235, Plate 208

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted sun-orchid

[n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2

:

250

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Thelymitra.

Flora of New South Wales

:

150-151

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra.

Flora of Victoria

:

849, 851, Fig. 179f

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun-orchid

[n/a]

Szlachetko, D.L. (1995), Systema Orchidalium.

Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica. Materialy Floristiczne i Geobotaniczne

:

113

[basionym]

basionym of:

Macdonaldia flexuosa (Endl.) Szlach.

legitimate

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1

:

22, Plate 40

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)

:

250

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania.

Australian Orchid Research

:

186

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3

:

68

[secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania

:

271

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "sinuous, zigzagged (flower stem)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2

:

22, Plate 40

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue

:

91

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

389

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2

:

-

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria

:

28

[secondary reference]

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition.

Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement

:

202

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia

:

318

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted sun orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "bending, curvy, alluding to the characteristically zig-zagged flower stem"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3

:

299

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "... and a characteristically zig-zagged flower stem. It is from this last feature that the species gains both it common and scientific names."

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census.

A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island

:

103

[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

:

49, 101, 108, 119, 134

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

orthographic variant:

Thelymitra flexusa F.Muell.

orth. var.

nomenclatural synonym:

Macdonaldia flexuosa (Endl.) Szlach.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra concolor Hook.f.

nom. inval., pro syn.

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3

:

450-451

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia smithiana Gunn ex Lindl.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Macdonaldia concolor Lindl.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

taxonomic synonym:

Thelymitra smithiana (Gunn ex Lindl.) Hook.f.

nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2

:

224

[secondary reference]

common name:

Twisted Sun Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "From the Latin flexuosus (bending, curvy, zigzag), in reference to the distinctive zig-zagged flower stem."