Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia excelsa Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate, scientific
[Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (21 September 2001), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 2. New taxa and circumscriptions in Caladenia. Nuytsia 14(1/2)]:
68-71, Figs 8, 9 (map)
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
north-west of Margaret River, Western Australia, 4 October 1983, S.D.Hopper 3429 (holo: PERTH 00328979; iso: AD, CBG, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH).
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
348
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10)]:
452
[basionym]
basionym of:
Arachnorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
[Szlachetko, D.L. & Rutkowski, P. (2003), Quelques notes additionnelles sur la sous-famille Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Richardiana 3(2)]:
94
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonemorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk.
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)]:
192
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sp. 8 (Leeuwin-Naturaliste)
[n/a]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
74
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant spider orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"lofty, alluding to the height of the flower scapes"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
107
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[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]:
8, 124
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sp. (Leeuwin-Naturaliste) S.D.Hopper 4670
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sp. 8 (Leeuwin-Naturaliste)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa Anon.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
113
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1]:
178
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"From the Latin excelsus (lofty, high), in reference to the height of the flower scapes."