Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii 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)]:
117-118, Fig. 18 (map)
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
5.2 km south of Warner Glen Bridge on Warner Glen Rd, 34 10'S, 115 11'E, Western Australia, 13 October 1991, S.D.Hopper 8219 (holo: PERTH 01829386; iso: AD, CBG, MEL).
[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)]:
453
[basionym]
basionym of:
Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) 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)]:
195
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
70
[secondary reference]
common name:
Merritt's white spider orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"named for Wayne Merritt who was the first to recognised the orchid's distinctiveness"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
101
[secondary reference]
common name:
Merritt's White Spider Orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"Brought to the Author's attention by Waynne Merritt, after whom it is named..."
[Brown, A.P. & Brockman, G. (1 May 2015), New taxa of Caladenia (Orchidaceae) from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 25]:
106-107, Figs 27 (map), 33
[secondary reference]
[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]:
9, 125
[secondary reference]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
116
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
common name:
Merritt's White Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1]:
166
[secondary reference]
common name:
Merritt's White Spider Orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"Named in honour of Wayne Merritt, a business man and orchid enthusiast who was one of the first to recognise the orchid as being distinct."