Orchidaceae Juss.
Paracaleana brockmanii Hopper & A.P.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 223-225, Figs 2, 8, 9 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Extension of Douglas Road into Victoria Dam catchment MARTIN, 450 m N of locked Water Corp. gate, E side of track, 32˚04'16"S, 116˚04'04"E, 23 Nov. 2004, G. Brockman 1471. holo: PERTH 06945643!."
  • Etymology: "Named for Garry Brockman (1954–), physiotherapist, who has assisted us in many ways in recent studies of southwest orchids, and helped in discussions on the taxonomy of Paracaleana. Garry has made several valuable collections of species in the genus described as new herein, including the first collection of P. gracilicordata."
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 234 [secondary reference]
common name: Brockman's duck orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "named for Garry Brockman who made the type collection of the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 253 [secondary reference]
common name: Brockman's Duck Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "In view of the great amount of fieldwork and study put into the orchid by Garry Brockman it was named in his honour."
Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 16 [basionym]
basionym of: Caleana brockmanii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. 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: 30, 130 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Caleana brockmanii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. legitimate
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (10 December 2019), Update on generic and specific nomenclature in Paracaleana (Drakaeinae), Caladeniinae and a new name in Caladenia (Orchidaceae). Nuytsia 30: 280 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 290 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Sullivania brockmanii D.L.Jones nom. inval.
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (19 November 2021), Notes on Australasian Orchidaceae 7: updates on the nomenclature of Sullivania (Diurideae: Drakaeinae). Lankesteriana 21(3): 316 [basionym]
basionym of: Sullivania brockmanii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 70 [secondary reference]
common name: Brockman's Duck Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Named in honour of Garry Brockman, Research Associate at the Western Australian Herbarium who has a keen interest in Western Australian native orchids and made the type collection of the species."