Townsonia

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Acianthinae
Genus:

T. atepala – T. deflexa – T. viridis

Townsonia Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl.: 691 (1906).

• Type species: Townsonia deflexa Cheeseman Man. New Zealand Fl.: 692 (1906)

• Cheeseman, T.F. 1906. Manual of the New Zealand Flora, 691.
• Schlechter, F.R.R. 1911. Die Gattung Townsonia Cheesem. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 9: 249–250. BHL. Reference page. 
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 81 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Townsonia. Accessed: 2022 Sep 28.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Townsonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 28. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Townsonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 28. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Townsonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Sep 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Townsonia. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2022. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Townsonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Sep 2022. Reference page.

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