Sarcochilus australis

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Sarcochilus australis']

English: Butterfly orchid

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Vandeae • Subtribus: Aeridinae • Genus: Sarcochilus • Species: Sarcochilus australis (Lindl.) Rchb.f. (1863)

Synonyms

Basionym
- Gunnia australis Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1699 (1834)
Homotypic synonyms
- Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Beitr. Syst. Pflanzenk.: 71 (1871)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Gunnia picta Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 45 (1838)
- Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell., Fragm. 1: 89 (1859)
- Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell., Fragm. 1: 90 (1859)
- Sarcochilus pictus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 501 (1863)
- Thrixspermum pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 122 (1868)

Images of the whole plant

Sarcochilus australis
Sarcochilus australis
Sarcochilus australis

Botanical illustrations

Sarcochilus australis
(as syn.
Gunnia australis)
volume 3 pt. 2 plate 128 in:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Flora Antarctica - vol. 3 pt. 2
(Orchidaceae)
(1860)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria.