Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia montana 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: 10 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Nunniong Plateau area, Reedy River valley above gorge, 37°03'S., 148°04'E., Victorian plant grid W7, 13.xi.1964, J.H.Willis, s.n. (Holotype: MEL 1532470)."
Clements, M.A. (24 May 1993), The status of recently named orchids from eastern Australia. Muelleria 8(1): 70 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp legitimate
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 779 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp legitimate
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): 395 [basionym]
basionym of: Arachnorchis montana (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, 19 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis montana (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate misapplication: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp legitimate by Rupp, H.M.R. (December 1942), Caladenia Fitzgeraldii, nomen novum. Australian Orchid Review 7(4): 64
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): 195 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis montana (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 279 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "growing on the mountains"
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: 10, 63, 68, 110 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis montana (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sp. aff. reticulata (Montane) [n/a] misapplication: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp legitimate by Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 779-780, Fig. 156a-c
  • APC Comment: Treated as Arachnorchis montana in the ACT.
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 125 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis montana (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Mountain Spider Orchid [n/a]
Kosky, W. (5 October 2021), East Gippsland’s Clubbed Spider Caladenia (Orchidaceae: Caladeniinae). Muelleria 40: 16-17, figs 4-5a, 7 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Arachnorchis osmera D.L.Jones legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia osmera (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. legitimate