Rogers, R.S. (23 December 1927), Contributions to the Orchidaceous flora of Australia. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 51: 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victoria. Mount Hotham and Mount Bogong, Mr. A.J. Tadgell, December, 1921, January, 1924; Baw Baw, W.H. Nicholls, January 3, 1925. New South Wales. Mount Kosciusko, Mr. G.V. Scammell, January, 1924."

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 63 [secondary reference]

Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 61 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 111 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 27 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Victoria, Mt. Feathertop', Dec. 1921, A.J. Tadgell in herb. R. Rogers 2106 (lectotype AD! here designated)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 27 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 769 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (24 July 1996), Reinstatement of Caladenia alpina R.S.Rogers (Orchidaceae) as distinct from Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. and the description of Caladenia cracens, a related new species from southern Tasmania. Muelleria 9: 43, fig. 2 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Victoria. Mount Hotham and Mount Bogong, Dec. 1921, Jan. 1924, A.J.Tadgell (lectotype: here chosen, AD).

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 20 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 57 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate common name: Alpine Caladenia [n/a]

• Etymology: "alpine (habitat)"

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 [basionym]

basionym of: Stegostyla alpina (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 18, 19, 27 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla alpina (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate misapplication: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (5 December 1853), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 1(4): 247

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla alpina (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 277 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "alpine"

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 68 of PDF] (photos, map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla alpina (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate common name: Mountain Caps [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: 95 [secondary reference]

pro parte misapplication: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 111-112

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: 6, 63, 67, 105, 110 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla alpina (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 111-112 misapplication: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate by Hatch, E.D. (1946), Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 76: 60 misapplication: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 61, pl. 226 misapplication: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 394 misapplication: Caladenia lyallii Hook.f. legitimate by Backhouse, G.N. & Jeanes, J.A. (1995), The Orchids of Victoria: 90

• APC Comment: Treated as Stegostyla alpina in the ACT.
• APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 85 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla alpina (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Mountain Caps [n/a]

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