Pterostylis incognita (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. (2010:57)
Sale greenhood
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hymenochilus incognitus D.L.Jones in Orchadian 16: 179 (2009)
Conservation Status
Missing (Jones, 2009:180 [as "possibly extinct"]; Backhouse et al., 2016:38,117 [as "probably extinct"]) or Extinct (DEPI, 2014; VicFlora, 2025)
Last (and only) record: 21 September 1895 (Jones, 2009:179,180)
Distribution & Habitat
Sale, eastern Victoria, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Jones, David L. (2009). Five threatened new species of Hymenochilus (Orchidaceae) from southern Australia. The Orchadian 16(4): 176-183.
Other references:
Backhouse, Gary N., Bates, Robert J., Brown, Andrew P. and Copeland, Lachlan M. (2016). Checklist of the Orchids of Australia Including its Island Territories. Version 1. Unpublished. 139 pp.
Backhouse, Gary N., Bates, Robert J., Brown, Andrew P. and Copeland, Lachlan M. (2019). Checklist of the Orchids of Australia Including its Island Territories, second edition. Melbourne. 148 pp.
DEPI (Department of Environment and Primary Industries). (2014). Advisory list of rare of threatened plants in Victoria - 2014. Melbourne, VIC: Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
Govaerts, R. H. A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 2 August 2025]
VicFlora. (2025). Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Available online: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au [accessed on 2 August 2025]