Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia echidnachila Nicholls , legitimate, scientific
Nicholls, W.H. (10 May 1933), A new Tasmanian terrestrial orchid. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1932: 13 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "The above description is based on two specimens forwarded by Archdeacon Atkinson, and discovered by his sister, Miss H.M. Atkinson, of Lenah Valley, Hobart. The habitat is Lenah Valley."
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 101-102, Fig. 19, Pl. 18 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 116 [secondary reference]
common name: Spiny Tongued Spider Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 23 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "... holo HO, iso MEL?!)."
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 30-31, Fig. 2.6 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 75 [secondary reference]
common name: Fawn Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "viper lip (labellum tip)"
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 17 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonema echidnachilum (Nicholls) Szlach. nom. illeg.
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 echidnachila (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Szlachetko, D.L. (July 2002), Nomenclatural adjustments in the Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 46(2): 139 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis echidnachila (Nicholls) 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 echidnachila (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema echidnachilum (Nicholls) Szlach. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis echidnachila (Nicholls) Szlach. legitimate
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 echidnachila (Nicholls) 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: 8, 105 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Calonema echidnachila Szlach. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Calonema echidnachilum (Nicholls) Szlach. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis echidnachila (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis echidnachila (Nicholls) Szlach. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 104-105 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis echidnachila (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis echidnachila (Nicholls) Szlach. legitimate common name: Fawn Spider Orchid [n/a]