Pterostylis alata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Cranichideae
Subtribus: Pterostylidinae
Genus: Pterostylis
Species: Pterostylis alata

Name

Pterostylis alata (Labill.) Rchb.f., Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk.: 70 (1871)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Disperis alata Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 59 (1807)
• Homotypic
  • Arethusa alata (Labill.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 443 (1811)
  • Diplodium alatum (Labill.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Austral. Orchid Res. 4: 70 (2002)
• Heterotypic
  • Diplodium australe Sw., Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 84 (1810)
  • Pterostylis praecox Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 388 (1840)
  • Pterostylis striata Fitzg., Austral. Orch. 1(3): t. 5 (1877) - synonym only by KEW
  • Pterostylis reflexa var. intermedia Ewart, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, n.s., 20: 84 (1907)
  • Pterostylis reflexa var. praecox (Lindl.) Ewart & Jean White, J. Proc. Roy. Soc. New S. Wales 42: 193 (1908)
  • Diplodium striatum (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Austral. Orchid Res. 4: 71 (2002)

References

• Reichenbach, H.G. 1871. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 70.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2003. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 3: Orchidoideae (Part two); page 157 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850711-9
  
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Pterostylis alata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 April 8. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2017. Pterostylis alata in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2017 April 8.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Pterostylis alata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 8 April 2017.
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Pterostylis alata. Published online. Accessed: 8 April 2017.
• The Plant List 2013. Pterostylis alata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2017 April 8.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australasia New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

English: Striped greenhood

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