Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia australis G.W.Carr , legitimate, scientific
Carr, G.W. (February 1991), New taxa in Caladenia R.Br., Chiloglottis R.Br. and Gastrodia R.Br. (Orchidaceae) from south eastern Australia. Indigenous Flora and Fauna Association Miscellaneous Paper 1: 2 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, 38°56'S., 146°22'E., Victorian plant grid T51 or T51a, 17.x.1933, J.H.Willis s.n. (Holotype: MEL 577737)."
Clements, M.A. (24 May 1993), The status of recently named orchids from eastern Australia. Muelleria 8(1): 70 BHL [secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 780, Fig. 156d-e [secondary reference]
common name: Southern Spider-orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 150-151, Plate 366 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 24 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 63 [secondary reference]
common name: Southern Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "southern"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 150-151, Plate 366 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.K. & Mackenzie, A.M. (September 2001), A new classification of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(9): 393 [basionym]
basionym of: Arachnorchis australis (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 17, 18 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis australis (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (29 April 2004), Robert Brown's Caladenia revisited, including a revision of its sister genera Cyanicula, Ericksonella and Pheladenia (Caladeniinae: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 17(2): 191 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis australis (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 192 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis australis (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 102 [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia strigosa (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 192
Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012), Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 97 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia strigosa (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate
Whinray, J. (2014), The discovery of the Southern Spider-orchid Caladenia australis G.W.Carr in Tasmania in 1968 and the later searches. The Victorian Naturalist 131(2): 40-41 [secondary reference]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 95 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis australis (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 6, 105, 110 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis australis (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sp. aff. reticulata (southern Victoria) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia strigosa (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 192
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 121 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis australis (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Southern Spider Orchid [n/a]
Kosky, W. (5 October 2021), East Gippsland’s Clubbed Spider Caladenia (Orchidaceae: Caladeniinae). Muelleria 40: 30, figs 3, 12d, 13b BHL [secondary reference]