Acianthus ledwardii Rupp, 1938
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Invalid (synonym)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered prior to reduction to synonymy. Though (Humphreys et al., 2019:SD1) considers the species as valid and rediscovered.
Distribution
Queensland (& New South Wales?), Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rupp, H. M. R. (1938). A new orchid for south Queensland Acianthus Ledwardii, sp. nov.. The Queensland Naturalist 10(6): 113.
Other references:
Hnatiuk, R.J. (1990). Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series 11: 1-650.
Humphreys, Aelys M. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. [Abstract] [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Kores, P. J. (1995). A systematic study of the genus Acianthus (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Allertonia 7(3): 199-203.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.
http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?00TAXON_NAME=Acianthus+ledwardii+Rupp