Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Leporella A.S.George , legitimate , scientific
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
183
[nom. nov.]
Type:
Leporella fimbriata (Lindl.) A.S.George
replaced synonym:
Leptoceras Fitzg. nom. illeg.
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia
185
[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 2
827
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
163
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
88
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Leptoceras Fitzg. nom. illeg.
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia
93, Figs 37 & 45, Plate 10
[secondary reference]
common name:
fringed hare orchid [n/a]
common name:
Hare-orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
"The name leporella (a little hare), indicates the flower's resemblance to a hare."
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
754
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1
125
[secondary reference]
common name:
Hare Orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2
125
[secondary reference]
common name:
Hare Orchid [n/a]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
371
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
209
[secondary reference]
common name:
fringed hare orchid [n/a]
common name:
Hare orchid [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
481
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
217
[secondary reference]
common name:
Hare Orchid [n/a]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia
[p. 392 of PDF]
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fringed Hare-orchid [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Leptoceras Fitzg. nom. illeg.
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
283
[secondary reference]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
30
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fringed Hare Orchid [n/a]
common name:
Hare Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin leporis (hare) and -ella (diminutive), in reference to the small hare-like flowers."
