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."

Lindley, J. (March 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 422 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 205 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Caladenia pallida Lindl. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 260 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Spider Orchid [n/a]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 208, 238 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 137 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "After Col. Wm. Paterson, Lt.-Governor of New South Wales and Tasmania."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 232 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 59-60 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia pulcherrima F.Muell. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 465 [secondary reference]

Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 15 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 175 [secondary reference]

• Type: as "Port Dalrymple, Tas., Paterson, Nov., 1804 – holo.: BM."

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 100-101 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia arenaria Fitzg. legitimate common name: Common Spider Orchid [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 196, 730 [secondary reference]

common name: White Spider [n/a] common name: Paterson's Spider Orchid [n/a] common name: Common Spider Orchid [n/a]

• Comment: Errata on page 730 notes that on page 196 the 'plant depicted in photograph captioned "Common Spider Orchid" is not Caladenia patersonii but a species which occurs outside the Region'.

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 23 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Caladenia longicauda Lindl. legitimate by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1965), Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants: 15

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Caladenia longicauda Lindl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 23

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: - [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 128 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Spider Orchid [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 29 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Tasmania, Port Dalrymple', Nov. 1804, Paterson s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype BM!)."

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia patersoni var. typica Benth. nom. inval.

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 52-53 (map), Plates 57-59 [secondary reference]

common name: common spider-orchid [n/a] common name: White spider-orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "Named by R. Brown (1810) in honour of William Paterson (1755-1810), British naturalist, traveller and Lt. Governor of New South Wales and Tasmania who collected the species in Tasmania in 1791."
• Text: "Hybridises with C. cardiochila, C. dilatata, C. gladiolata, C. latifolia, C. stricta and C. toxochila, Most of the hybrids are fertile ...."

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 788 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 158-159 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Spider Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 37-39, Fig. 2.10 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia patersonii R.Br. var. patersonii legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Caladenia patersoni var. typica Benth. nom. inval.

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 84 [secondary reference]

common name: Paterson's Spider Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "after Colonel William Paterson"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 158-159 [secondary reference]

common name: Common Spider Orchid [n/a]

Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 18 [basionym]

basionym of: Calonema patersonii (R.Br.) 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): 396 [basionym]

basionym of: Arachnorchis patersonii (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Szlachetko, D.L. (July 2002), Nomenclatural adjustments in the Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 46(2): 141 [basionym]

basionym of: Calonemorchis patersonii (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: 17, 19 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis patersonii (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 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): 196 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis patersonii (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema patersonii (R.Br.) Szlach. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis patersonii (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caladenia versicolor G.W.Carr legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia colorata D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia argocalla D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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: 195 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia versicolor G.W.Carr legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 324

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: 195 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia venusta G.W.Carr legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 324

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 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia formosa G.W.Carr legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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: 192 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia colorata D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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: 192 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia brumalis D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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: 192 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia behrii Schltdl. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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: 191 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia argocalla D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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: 191 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia arenaria Fitzg. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 102 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia zephyra (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 52-53 (map), Plates 57-59

Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 102 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caladenia fuliginosa (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Barker, R.M. & Bates, R.J. (29 September 2008), New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 22: 102 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia flindersica (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis patersonii (R.Br.) 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: 10, 105 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Caladenia patersoni Rchb.f. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia patersonii R.Br. var. patersonii legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema patersonii (R.Br.) Szlach. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis patersonii (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis patersonii (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia patersoni var. typica Benth. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: Vic, Tas

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia zephyra (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 52-53 (map), Plates 57-59

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia versicolor G.W.Carr legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia venusta G.W.Carr legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 52-53 (map), Plates 57-59

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia sp. Southeast (R.Bates 66283) R.J.Bates [n/a] by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

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

misapplied to: Caladenia longicauda Lindl. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 23

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia fuliginosa (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia formosa G.W.Carr legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia flindersica (D.L.Jones) R.J.Bates legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia colorata D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia brumalis D.L.Jones legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 52-53 (map), Plates 57-59

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia behrii Schltdl. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia audasii R.S.Rogers legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Caladenia argocalla D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: -

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 109 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis patersonii (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis patersonii (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate common name: Paterson's Spider Orchid [n/a]

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