Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia x cala Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate, named hybrid
[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)]:
286-287, Fig. 71 (map)
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
c. 8 km east of Bullaring on Gorge Rock Rd, Western Australia, 6 September [no year], R.L. Heberle s.n. (holo: PERTH 00255602).
[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)]:
207
[secondary reference]
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"Caladenia falcata x C. longicauda"
[Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2005), Miscellaneous nomenclature notes and changes in Australian, New Guinea and New Zealand Orchidaceae. The Orchadian 15(1)]:
34
[basionym]
basionym of:
Arachnorchis x cala (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
338
[secondary reference]
common name:
wheatbelt spider orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"beautiful, alluding to the striking flowers of this hybrid"
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis x cala (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia x cala Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
[George, A.S. (December 2019), On orthography. Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter 181]:
40
[secondary reference]
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Text:
"Caladenia × cala: this is formed from the Greek calo- beautiful, but this word is a prefix so should be followed by something. Orthographically you shouldn’t change the ‘o’ ending to ‘a’ but calo would be a worse epithet.”
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
162
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wheatbelt Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2]:
264
[secondary reference]
common name:
Wheatbelt Spider Orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"From the Greek calo (beautiful), in reference to the striking flowers."