Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Diuris Sm.
, legitimate , scientific
Smith, J.E. (1798) , The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4 :
222
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
112
[secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
258-259
[secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants :
537
[secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914) , A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II :
192
[secondary reference]
common name:
Double Tails
[n/a]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
142
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
Greek dis, two; oura, a tail: referring to the lateral sepals.
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
236-237
[secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales :
10-20, 139-143
[secondary reference]
common name:
Double-Tails
[n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains :
477, Fig. 56
[secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids :
61-69
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
124-126
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
178
[secondary reference]
Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. in Farr, E.R., Leussink, J.A. & Stafleu, F.A. (ed.) (1979) , Index Nominum Genericorum 1 :
568
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Diuris aurea Smith, Exot. Bot. 1 (1805) 15
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A :
30-32
[secondary reference]
common name:
Double Tails
[n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
29
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia :
355
[secondary reference]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
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 :
821-822
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
222, 225
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Diuris. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
409-410
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
66
[secondary reference]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia :
79-80, Fig. 19
[secondary reference]
common name:
Double-tails
[n/a]
common name:
Donkey-orchids
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991) , New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2 :
52-62
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
385
[secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1 :
147-148
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Diuris. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
138-139
[secondary reference]
common name:
Donkey orchids
[n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1 :
3-4
[secondary reference]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Doubletails
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998) , A taxonomic review of Diuris in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3 :
73
[secondary reference]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Golden Moths
[n/a]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania :
132-133
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"... is derived from the Greek dis (two) and oura (tail), and refers to the paired lateral sepals projecting downwards..."
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2 :
3-4
[secondary reference]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Doubletails
[n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
363
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (2006) , Miscellaneous new species of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 5 :
75
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
155
[secondary reference]
common name:
Donkey orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
"double-tailed, alluding to the two narrow lateral sepals found on 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 dis , double, and oura , tail; reference to the conspicuous tail-like lateral sepals that protrude from the base of the flower"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
283
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
457
[secondary reference]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia :
[pp. 333-334 (photos) of PDF]
[secondary reference]
common name:
Golden Moths
[n/a]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Diuris
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Diuris Sm. sect. Diuris
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
212-213
[secondary reference]
common name:
Doubletails
[n/a]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
244
[secondary reference]
common name:
Pansy Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Nanny Goat Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Bee Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Donkey Orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
From the Greek dis (double) and -oura (tall), in reference to the two narrow lateral sepals."