Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Corysanthes R.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805
328
[tax. nov.]
Brown, R. in Flinders, M. (1814) , General remarks, geographical and systematical, on the Botany of Terra Australis. A Voyage to Terra Australis 2, Appendix III
610
[secondary reference]
Endlicher, S.F.L. (1837) , Genera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita 3
218
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Corysanthes fimbriata R.Br.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
112
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Corybas Salisb. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Nematoceras Hook.f. legitimate
Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903) , Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum
143
[basionym]
basionym of:
Corybas sect. Corysanthes (Kuntze legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales
264
[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
195-196, 244
[secondary reference]
common name:
Red Helmets
[n/a]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1
129
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
Greek korys, a helmet; anthos, a flower.
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales
72
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Corybas Salisb. legitimate
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
177
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Corybas Salisb. legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
28
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Corybas Salisb. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
38
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Corybas Salisb. legitimate
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
115
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Corybas Salisb. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008) , Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory
278
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"from the Greek corys , helmet and anthos , flower; reference to the distinctive helmet-like flowers"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Corybas Salisb. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
61
[secondary reference]
common name:
Toothed Helmet Orchids
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
214
[secondary reference]
common name:
Helmet orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek korys (helmet) and -anthos (flower)."
