Orchidaceae Juss.
Cyanicula Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate, scientific
[Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (June 2000), New genera , subgenera, combinations, and species in the Caladenia alliance (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Lindleyana 15(2)]:
120, Fig. 1
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
Cyanicula gemmata (Lindl.) Hopper & A.P.Brown (Fig. 1).
[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)]:
403
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sect. Pentisea Lindl.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pentisea (Lindl.) Szlach.
legitimate
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
360
[secondary reference]
[Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2]:
-
[secondary reference]
[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)]:
210-213
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sect. Pentisea Lindl.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pentisea (Lindl.) Szlach.
legitimate
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
137
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"blue, alluding to the blue flowers found in most species"
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census]:
-
[secondary reference]
[Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory]:
278
[secondary reference]
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Etymology:
"from the Greek cyanos, blue, and icula, small; reference to the small blue flower"
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
241
[secondary reference]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
189
[secondary reference]
common name:
Blue Orchids
[n/a]
[Clements, M.A., Howard, C.G. & Miller, J.T. (1 April 2015), Caladenia revisited: results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Caladeniinae plastid and nuclear loci. American Journal of Botany 102(4)]:
597
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Caladenia subg. Pentisea (Lindl.) M.A.Clem.
legitimate
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cyanicula Hopper & A.P.Br. subg. Cyanicula
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Pentisea Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pentisea (Lindl.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula subg. Trilobatae Hopper & A.P.Br.
legitimate
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APC Dist.:
WA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
192
[secondary reference]
common name:
China Orchids
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1]:
222
[secondary reference]
common name:
China Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Blue Orchids
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"From the Greek cyano (blue) and -icula (small), in reference to the small blue flowers of most members of the genus."