Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia ensata Nicholls
, legitimate, scientific
[Nicholls, W.H. (1947), Additions to the Orchidaceae of Western Australia - I. Three new species of the genus Caladenia R.Br. The Victorian Naturalist 64(7)]:
138, & fig.
[tax. nov.]
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Type:
"Abundant in very heavy scrub along the banks of King River, adjacent to "Ballymena" Guest House and on the Granite slopes westward (1 ½ miles). Collected by W.H. Nicholls, Oct., 1946 – TYPE specimens are in the National Herbarium, Melbourne."
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
173
[secondary reference]
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Type:
King River, near Ballymena Guest House, and on granite slope 1.5 miles west, Nicholls, Oct., 1946 - holo.: MEL, iso.: PERTH.
[George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)]:
173
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Caladenia longiclavata E.Coleman var. longiclavata
legitimate
[Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia]:
116-117
[secondary reference]
[Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1]:
24
[secondary reference]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2]:
126
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)]:
126
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue]:
77
[secondary reference]
[Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1)]:
17
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonema ensatum (Nicholls) 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 ensata (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
[Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (21 September 2001), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 2. New taxa and circumscriptions in Caladenia. Nuytsia 14(1/2)]:
67-68, Figs 6 (map), 8
[secondary reference]
[Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1]:
351
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Szlachetko, D.L. (July 2002), Nomenclatural adjustments in the Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 46(2)]:
139
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonemorchis ensata (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 ensata (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema ensatum (Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis ensata (Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
[Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia]:
98
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy spider orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"sword shaped, alluding to sword-like points to the petals and sepals"
[Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3]:
156
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy 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]:
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APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema ensata Szlach.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema ensatum (Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis ensata (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis ensata (Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
[Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3]:
133
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis ensata (Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis ensata (Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid
[n/a]
[Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1]:
184
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid
[n/a]
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Etymology:
"From the Latin ensatus (sword shaped, shaped like a two edged sword), in reference to the sword-like points to the petals and sepals."