Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 324 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) D. Paterson. v.s." [given by A.S.George, Nuytsia 1 (1971) 172 as "Port Dalrymple, Tas., Paterson – holo.: BM, iso.: E."]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 90 [secondary reference]

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

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 204 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 261 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 138-140 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Wide-leaved.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 233 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "wide-leaved"

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 63 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia mollis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia elongata Lindl. legitimate

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 171, 172, 174 [secondary reference]

• Type: Port Dalrymple, Tas., Paterson - holo.: BM, iso.: E.

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia mollis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia elongata Lindl. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 105-106 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 170-171 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 55 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 101 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 26 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Port Dalrymple', 1805, Paterson s.n. (lectotype BM! here designated; isolectotype BM!)"

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia mollis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia elongata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia latifolia var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 50 (map), Fig. 54, Plates 49 & 50 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink fairies [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 146 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 209 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairy [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 767, Fig. 152f-g [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 127, Plate 308 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 146 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 34 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 80 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

• Etymology: "broad-leaved"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 127, Plate 308 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 79 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairy Orchid [n/a]

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): 392 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 343 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairy Orchid [n/a]

Szlachetko, D.L. (2003), Nomenclatural adjustments in Caladeniinae (Orchidaceae, Thelymitroideae). Annales Botanici Fennici 40: 144 [basionym]

basionym of: Caladeniastrum latifolium (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 19 [secondary reference]

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): 200 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladeniastrum latifolium (R.Br.) Szlach. 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: 193 [secondary reference]

pro parte nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia latifolia var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia mollis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia elongata Lindl. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 112 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink fairies [n/a]

• Etymology: "broad leaf, alluding to the broad, flattened leaves of this species"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 176 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [pp. 30-31 in PDF] (photos, map) [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia elongata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia latifolia var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud. common name: Pink Fairies [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: 220, 222-223, photos 5-8 & 16 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladeniastrum latifolium (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate common name: Pink Fairy 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: 96 [secondary reference]

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: 9, 93, 105, 110, 125 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia latifolia R.Br. var. latifolia legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Caladeniastrum latifolium (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia elongata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia mollis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia latifolia var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 96 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladeniastrum latifolium (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia mollis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia elongata Lindl. legitimate common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 148 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fairies [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin lati (broad, wide) and -folia (pertaining to leaves), in reference to the broad , flattened leaves."

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