Thelymitra alba Colenso

Details

Name scientific

Thelymitra alba Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 272 (1885 [1886])

Preferred name

Thelymitra longifolia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Nomenclature

Original authors

Colenso

Authors

Colenso

Publication place

Colenso, W. 1886 ("1885"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants: being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 18: 256–287.

Year published

1885

Year on publication

1886

Publication page

272

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Thelymitra alba Colenso

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Thelymitra alba

Typification

Type collection: [North Island] County of Hawke’s Bay, Glenross; 1885. Mr. P. D. Balfour. Neotype: (designated by Lehnebach & Jones 2024) SP022571

Lehnebach, C.A.; Jones, H.R. 2024: Taxonomic notes on New Zealand orchids I: typification of nine orchid names described by William Colenso in 1886. New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1–24 (online). (Published online: 27 May 2024)

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Orchidaceae

Genus

Thelymitra

Species

alba

Notes

Note type

typification

Note text

Type collection: [North Island] County of Hawke’s Bay, Glenross; 1885. Mr. P. D. Balfour. Neotype: (designated by Lehnebach & Jones 2024) SP022571

Note reference

Metadata

Record id

1669aad0-b8bc-4b16-ae03-c4e7e8c77fae

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

11 March 2004

Date last updated

17 July 2025

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