Orchidaceae Juss.
Caleana major R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 329 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "(J.) v.v."
Brown, R. in Aiton, W.T. (1813), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 5: 204 BHL [basionym]
basionym of: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate
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: 200 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 262 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 201, 202, Plate LXIV, 244 [secondary reference]
common name: Cockatoo Orchid [n/a]
Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 549 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 128 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "The larger Caleana."
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 223 [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 41-42 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate common name: Duck Orchid [n/a] common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 470 [secondary reference]
common name: Duck Orchid [n/a] common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]
Blaxell, D.F. (14 December 1972), Arthrochilus F.Muell. and related genera (Orchidaceae) in Australasia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 279 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 87-88, Fig. 13, Pl. 9 [secondary reference]
common name: Flying Ducks [n/a] common name: Cockatoo Orchid [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]
Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 66 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 143 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a] common name: Flying Ducks [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 367, Fig. 55G [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate common name: Bee Orchid [n/a] common name: Duck Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 33 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Port Jackson; Bennelong Point', Sep. 1803, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotyps E! FI! K! K-L! P!)"
nomenclatural synonym: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 59-60 (fig., map), Plates 12, 70 & 71 [secondary reference]
common name: Duck-orchid [n/a] common name: large flying duck [n/a] common name: Large duck-orchid [n/a]
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caleana. Flora of New South Wales 4: 194, pl. 13 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 796, Fig. 160e-f [secondary reference]
common name: Flying Ducks [n/a] common name: Large Duck-orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 123, Plate 299 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a] common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 95 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "large, big"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 123, Plate 299 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a] common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 20 [secondary reference]
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: 196 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 48-49 [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a] common name: Flying Ducks [n/a]
  • Etymology: "large, big"
Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 17 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 223 (photos), pp. 224-225 (photos, map) of PDF] [secondary reference]
common name: Large Duck-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: 14, 68, 83, 95, 105, 112 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 266-267 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. legitimate common name: Large Duck Orchid [n/a] common name: Flying Ducks [n/a]