Orchidaceae Juss.
Adenochilus nortonii Fitzg. , legitimate, scientific
Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1876), Australian Orchids 1(2): [2nd plate] [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "...found near Mount Victoria, within a mile of the railway..."
  • Etymology: "...there may be many yet undiscovered species, and even genera, amongst the gorges of our mountains, to reward the search of such enthusiastic botanists as my friend Mr. James Norton, in honour of whom I have given this species its specific name."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [basionym]
basionym of: Caladenia nortonii (Fitzg.) F.Muell. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 264 [alternative name]
alternative name: Caladenia nortonii (Fitzg.) F.Muell. legitimate
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 70 [secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 469 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 26 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 137 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 10 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "'Mt. Victoria, within a mile of the railway, New South Wales', Nov., J. Norton s.n. (holo & iso BM!)."
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nortonii (Fitzg.) F.Muell. legitimate
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Adenochilus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 170-171, pl. 13 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 63, Plate 155 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 63, Plate 155 [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: 4, 67 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Adenochilus nortoni Fitzg. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nortoni F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nortonii (Fitzg.) F.Muell. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: NSW
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 191-192 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nortonii (Fitzg.) F.Muell. legitimate common name: White Gnome Orchid [n/a]