Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia hirta Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: lii. [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not cited).
Lindley, J. (March 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 421 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (1961), Notes of Western Australian Orchidaceae; 1. reduction of five species to synonymy. Western Australian Naturalist 8(2): 39-40 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia tenuis Fitzg. legitimate
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 171 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: Vasse River, Mrs. Molloy - lecto.: K-L; Swan River, Drummond - syn.: K-L, FI.
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia tenuis Fitzg. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 166-167 [secondary reference]
common name: Sugar-Candy Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 55 [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: 815 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia tenuis Fitzg. legitimate common name: Sugar Candy Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 120 [secondary reference]
common name: Sugar Candy Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 25-26 [secondary reference]
  • Type: "... 1839, J Drummond s.n. (holo K-L!, iso BM! FI! K!)."
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia tenuis Fitzg. legitimate
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 18 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonema hirtum (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 hirta (Lindl.) 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): 87 [secondary reference]
  • Text: Excluded syntype: Swan River, 1839, J. Drummond s.n. (Figure 87) BM, FL, K.
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 343 [secondary reference]
common name: Sugar Candy Orchid [n/a]
Szlachetko, D.L. (July 2002), Nomenclatural adjustments in the Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 46(2): 140 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis hirta (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): 193 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis hirta (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema hirtum (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis hirta (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia tenuis Fitzg. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 110 [secondary reference]
common name: Candy orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "hairy, alluding to the thick hairs on the leaves, stems and flowers"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Calonema hirta Szlach. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Calonema hirtum (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis hirta (Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis hirta (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia tenuis Fitzg. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA