Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: lii. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not cited).

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

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 176 [secondary reference]

• Type: S"wan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L, iso.: K, G, FI."

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia preissii Endl. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 172-173 [secondary reference]

common name: Dwarf Pink Fairy [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: 819 [secondary reference]

common name: Little Pink Fairy Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 104 [secondary reference]

common name: Little Pink Fairies [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 30 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia preissii Endl. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 144-145 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 81 [secondary reference]

common name: Little 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]

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): 183-184 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 344 [secondary reference]

common name: Little Pink Fairy Orchid [n/a]

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

basionym of: Caladeniastrum reptans (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): 200 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladeniastrum reptans (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia preissii Endl. legitimate

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

common name: Pink fairy [n/a]

• Etymology: "creeping, alluding to clonal habit of the species"

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

nomenclatural synonym: Caladeniastrum reptans (Lindl.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia preissii Endl. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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