Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 323 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Leptoceras (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Adenochilus Hook.f. legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 260-261 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 207-208 [secondary reference]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 134 [secondary reference]
common name: Spider Orchids [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Greek kalos, beautiful; aden, a gland."
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 228-229 [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 59-69 [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: 464 [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 91 [secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 179-181 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 120-124 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 169 [secondary reference]
Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 159 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 95-98 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 59 [secondary reference]
Bates, R. (March 1984), Pollination of Caladenia: an overview. The Orchadian 7(11): 269-270 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 810-812 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 90-91 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 374-375 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 20 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Caladenia carnea R.Br.
taxonomic synonym: Leptoceras (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Petalochilus R.S.Rogers legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 33-34, Fig. 26 [secondary reference]
common name: Spider-orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991), New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2: 13-36 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 242 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Leptoceras (R.Br.) Lindl. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 23-152 [secondary reference]
common name: Spider Orchids [n/a]
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 196 [secondary reference]
common name: Spider Orchids [n/a] common name: Lady's Fingers [n/a] common name: Fairy Orchids [n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 76 [secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 754-758 [secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 125-126 [secondary reference]
common name: Spider Orchids [n/a] common name: Fairy Orchids [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 17 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 50-52 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "... derived from the Greek calos (beautiful) and adenos (gland) and refers to the calli that adorn the labellum in most species."
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 125-126 [secondary reference]
common name: Spider Orchids [n/a] common name: Fairy Orchids [n/a]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 15 [secondary reference]
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): 391 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Type species: Caladenia flava R.Br. (fide Pfitzer 1889).
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia R.Br. sect. Caladenia legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia subg. Elevata Hopper & A.P.Br. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia sect. Caladeniastrum Szlach. legitimate common name: Lady's Fingers [n/a] common name: Fairy Orchids [n/a]
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): 304 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Calonema (Lindl.) Szlach. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Phlebochilus (Benth.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jonesiopsis Szlach. legitimate
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 342 [secondary reference]
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): 179-184 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sect. Calonema Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Petalochilus R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sect. Caladeniastrum Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jonesiopsis Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phlebochilus (Benth.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stegostyla D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonema (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Calonema (Lindl.) Szlach. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Arachnorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonemorchis Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladeniastrum (Szlach.) Szlach. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 31 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "beautiful glands"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 135 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pheladenia D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 25 [secondary reference]
common name: Spider Orchids [n/a]
Clements, M.A., Howard, C.G. & Miller, J.T. (1 April 2015), Caladenia revisited: results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Caladeniinae plastid and nuclear loci. American Journal of Botany 102(4): 597 [secondary reference]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [pp. 24-29 of PDF] (photos) [secondary reference]
common name: caps [n/a] common name: fingers [n/a] common name: Spider-orchids [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia R.Br. sect. Caladenia legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia R.Br. subg. Caladenia legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sect. Calonema Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sect. Eucaladenia Lindl. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sect. Phlebochilus Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Petalochilus R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: x Drakodenia Hopper, S.J.van Leeuwen, A.P.Br. & S.J.Patrick nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia subg. Phlebochila Hopper & A.P.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia subg. Phlebochilus (Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia subg. Calonema Hopper & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia subg. Drakonorchis Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: x Drakodenia Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sect. Caladeniastrum Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stegostyla D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jonesyella Szlach. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Jonesiopsis Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Phlebochilus (Benth.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arachnorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia subg. Calonema (Lindl.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonema (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Calonema (Lindl.) Szlach. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonemorchis Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladeniastrum (Szlach.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia subg. Stegostyla (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jonesiopsis Szlach. subg. Jonesiopsis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jonesiopsis subg. Phlebochilus (Benth.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Calonemorchis subg. Arachnorchis (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) Szlach. & Rutk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Jonesiopsis subg. Calonema (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenastrum Hopper & A.P.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: x Jonorchis J.M.H.Shaw legitimate taxonomic synonym: x Calnorchis J.M.H.Shaw legitimate taxonomic synonym: x Jonesiopchis J.M.H.Shaw legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 50-55 [secondary reference]
common name: Fairy Orchids [n/a] common name: Fan Orchids [n/a] common name: Candy Orchids [n/a] common name: Zebra Orchids [n/a] common name: Spider Orchids [n/a] common name: Dragon Orchids [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek calos (beautiful) and-aden (gland), in reference to the ornamental calli that adorn the labella of all species in this genus."