Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Corysanthes arcana
Orchidaceae Juss.
Corysanthes arcana D.L.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. (2019), Four new species of Corysanthes (Orchidaceae: Acianthiinae) from southern Australia. Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 40 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Victoria; Piccaninnie Ponds, 16 Sept. 2004, D.L.Jones 19105, K.J.Richards, A.Pritchard & D.Ryan (holo CANB 661360, iso MEL)."
  • Etymology: "From the Latin arcanus, shut up, secret, private, mysterious; in reference to the dense habitat and hidden nature of the plants."
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 66 [secondary reference]
common name: Hidden Helmet Orchid [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Corybas sp. Arcana (D.L.Jones 19105 et al.) Australian National Herbarium [n/a]