Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: lii. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited). [given by A.S.George, Nuytsia 1 (1971) 170 as "Swan River, Drummond – holo.: K-L, iso.: K, G."].

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 170 [secondary reference]

• Type: Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L, iso.: K,G.

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 164-165, 60 (fig.) [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Antelope Orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing Orchid [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 54 [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: 814-815, Fig. 298 [secondary reference]

common name: Dancing Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 115 [secondary reference]

common name: Dancing Spider [n/a] common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 23 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 67 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Antelope Orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing Spider Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 67 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Antelope Orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing Spider Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 77 [secondary reference]

common name: Dancing Orchid [n/a]

Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 17 [basionym]

basionym of: Calonema discoideum (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): 394 [basionym]

basionym of: Arachnorchis discoidea (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 342 [secondary reference]

common name: Antelope Orchid [n/a] common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing Orchid [n/a]

Szlachetko, D.L. (July 2002), Nomenclatural adjustments in the Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 46(2): 139 [basionym]

basionym of: Calonemorchis discoidea (Lindl.) Szlach. 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): 192 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis discoidea (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema discoideum (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis discoidea (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 100 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing spider orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "round plate, alluding to the rounded labellum"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 85 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Antelope Orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing Spider Orchid [n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 218-219, photos 12-14 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis discoidea (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema discoideum (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis discoidea (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing Spider Orchid [n/a]

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: 8, 124 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Calonema discoidea Szlach. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Calonema discoideum (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis discoidea (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis discoidea (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 138 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis discoidea (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis discoidea (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Dancing Spider Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 200 [secondary reference]

common name: Dancing Spider Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin discoideus (rounded blade and thickened margin), in reference to the rounded shape of the labellum."

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