Orchidaceae Juss.
Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. , legitimate, scientific
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): 411 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyanicula deformis (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 19, 23 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. 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): 235-237, Fig. 16 (map) [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyanicula deformis (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pentisea deformis (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia unguiculata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia deformis var. albiflora Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia deformis var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 198 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyanicula deformis (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia deformis var. albiflora Benth. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 240 [secondary reference]
common name: blue beard [n/a] common name: Blue fairy orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "deformed, alluding to the unusual labellum of the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 205 [secondary reference]
common name: Blue Fairy Orchid [n/a] common name: Blue Beard [n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 234-235, photos 5-7 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyanicula deformis (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pentisea deformis (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate common name: Blue Beard [n/a] common name: Blue Fairy Orchid [n/a]
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 99 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate
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: 31, 73, 97, 106, 114, 130 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. var. deformis legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cyanicula deformis (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pentisea deformis (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia unguiculata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia deformis var. albiflora Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia deformis var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Cyanicula deformis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Cyanicula deformis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Cyanicula deformis Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 209-210 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia deformis R.Br. legitimate common name: Blue Fairies [n/a] common name: Bluebeard Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 74 [secondary reference]
common name: Blue Beard [n/a] common name: Blue Fairy Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin deformis (departing from the correct shape, misshapen), in reference to the unusual labellum."