Orchidaceae Juss.
Cyanicula amplexans (A.S.George) 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
[comb. nov.]
basionym:
Caladenia amplexans A.S.George
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)]:
403
[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)]:
227-228, Fig. 12 (map)
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia amplexans A.S.George
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pentisea amplexans (A.S.George) Szlach.
legitimate
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
138
[secondary reference]
common name:
shy blue orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Dainty blue orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"clasping, alluding to the labellum which clasps the column"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
191
[secondary reference]
common name:
Shy Blue Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Dainty Blue 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]:
20, 127
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia amplexans A.S.George
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pentisea amplexans (A.S.George) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sp.
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula amplexans N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula caerulea subsp. apertala N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula amplexans N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula amplexans Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
93
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Caladenia amplexans A.S.George
legitimate
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1]:
236
[secondary reference]
common name:
Dainty Blue Orchid
[n/a]
-
Etymology:
"From the Latin amplexatus (embrace, clasp), in reference to the labellum lateral lobes which clasp the column."