Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia clavigera A.Cunn. ex Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (March 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 422 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not cited).
Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1876), Australian Orchids 1(2): [2nd plate] [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 204 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 260 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 208, 236 [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (8 April 1942), Notes on certain species of Caladenia. The Victorian Naturalist 58(12): 199 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp nom. inval., nom. nud. by Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1876), Australian Orchids 1(2): [2nd plate]
Rupp, H.M.R. (December 1942), Caladenia Fitzgeraldii, nomen novum. Australian Orchid Review 7(4): 64 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1876), Australian Orchids 1(2): [2nd plate]
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 230-231 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 62 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Cunningham's type locality was the Vale of Clwydd near the present town of Lithgow."
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 59 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1876), Australian Orchids 1(2): [2nd plate]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 169 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Text: Recorded for Western Australia by Rogers, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral. 44:353 (1920), but later described as a new species, C. radialis Rogers (1927).
Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Black, J.M. (6 July 1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 392 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 105 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 111 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Spider Orchid [n/a] common name: Clubbed Spider Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 22 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`N. Hollandia; Vale of Clwyd, Blue Mountains', Oct. 1825, A. Cunningham s.n. (lectotype specimen 48b) K-L! here designated, isolectype K!)"
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 22 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Caladenia fitzgeraldii Rupp legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1876), Australian Orchids 1(2): [2nd plate]
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 42-43 (map), Figs 78 & 83-84, Plate 33 [secondary reference]
common name: Plain-lip spider-orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The name clavigera (bearing clubs), refers to the small black glandular tips to the sepals."
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 201 [secondary reference]
common name: Small Spider Orchid [n/a] common name: Clubbed Spider Orchid [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 774, Fig. 154a-b [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Clubbed Spider-orchid [n/a] common name: Plain-lip Spider Orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 143-144, Plate 348 [secondary reference]
common name: Plain Lip Spider Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 27 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 69 [secondary reference]
common name: Clubbed Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "bearing clubs"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 143-144, Plate 348 [secondary reference]
common name: Plain Lip Spider Orchid [n/a]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 15 [basionym]
basionym of: Phlebochilus clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate
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 clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) 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 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
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 clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phlebochilus clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 192 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phlebochilus clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 277 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "bearing clubs"
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 110 of PDF], [p. 112 of PDF] (photo), [pp. 120-121 of PDF] (photos, map) [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phlebochilus clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate common name: Plain-lip 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 clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers 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: 7, 67, 93, 105, 110 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Phlebochilus clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phlebochilus claviger Hopper & A.P.Br. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
  • APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]
pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia sp. Finniss (R.Bates 308) R.J.Bates [n/a] by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Black, J.M. (6 July 1978), Flora of South Australia Edn. 3, 1: 392
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 130 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phlebochilus clavigera (A.Cunn. ex Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cordiformis R.S.Rogers legitimate
Kosky, W. (5 October 2021), East Gippsland’s Clubbed Spider Caladenia (Orchidaceae: Caladeniinae). Muelleria 40: 30, fig. 12c BHL [secondary reference]