Carr, G.W. (29 March 1988), New species of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae) from Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. Muelleria 6(6): 439, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nirranda, c. 32 km south-east of Warrnambool, Victoria, 38°29′S., 142°50′E., Victorian plant grid K20 or K29, 16.x.1959, Mathieson family & A.C. Beauglehole 18642 (Holotype: MEL 561935)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 21 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 784 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 147-148, Plate 359 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 24-25 [secondary reference]

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 28 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 64 [secondary reference]

common name: Short Spider Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "short scape"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 147-148, Plate 359 [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): 393 [basionym]

basionym of: Arachnorchis brachyscapa (G.W.Carr) 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: 17, 18, 20 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis brachyscapa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Caladenia reticulata Fitzg. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882), New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(432): 462

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): 191 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis brachyscapa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 110, p. 113 (photo), p. 146 of PDF] (photos, map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis brachyscapa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Short Spider-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: 95 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis brachyscapa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & 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: 6, 105, 110 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis brachyscapa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Caladenia reticulata Fitzg. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 389

• APC Dist.: Vic (presumed extinct), Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 122 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis brachyscapa (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Short Spider Orchid [n/a]

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