Orchidaceae Juss.
Glossodia 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: 326 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (J.) v.v.
Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 19 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(35): 97 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Glossodia orientalis F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 67, [basionym]
basionym of: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. 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: 114 [secondary reference]
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 207 BHL [secondary reference]
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]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 140, pl. 8 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: The larger Glossodia.
Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 236, Fig. 299, iii [secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 70 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 464 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 124, Fig 116B-B2 [secondary reference]
common name: Wax-lip Orchid [n/a]
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 90-91, Fig. 14, Pl. 13 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-Pulpit [n/a] common name: Wax-lip Orchid [n/a]
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 196-197 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-pulpit [n/a] common name: Wax-lip Orchid [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 30 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate
Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 142 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-pulpit [n/a] common name: Wax-lip Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 161-162 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-Pulpit [n/a] common name: Wax Lip Orchid [n/a]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 378 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Glossodia major var. alba McKibbin legitimate common name: Wax Lip [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 83 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "'Port Jackson', R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype BM! E! FI! L! MEL!)."
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Glossodia major var. alba McKibbin legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: front cover (photo), 91 (fig.), 92 (map), Plates 113-114 [secondary reference]
common name: babes-in-the -cradle [n/a] common name: wax-lip orchid [n/a] common name: Purple cockatoo [n/a]
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Glossodia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 210, pl. 14 [secondary reference]
common name: Waxlip Orchid [n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 82-83 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Glossodia major var. alba McKibbin legitimate
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 795, Fig. 160a-b [secondary reference]
common name: Wax-lip Orchid [n/a]
Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 162-163, Plate 387 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-pulpit [n/a] common name: Waxlip Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 162 [secondary reference]
common name: Wax-lip Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "large"
Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 162-163, Plate 387 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-pulpit [n/a] common name: Waxlip 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): 404 [secondary reference]
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 23 [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: 198 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Glossodia major var. alba McKibbin legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 140-141 [secondary reference]
common name: Parson-in-the-Pulpit [n/a] common name: Wax Lip Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "large, big"
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 98 [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: 28, 64, 73, 87, 96, 106, 114 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Glossodia major R.Br. var. major legitimate taxonomic synonym: Glossodia major var. alba McKibbin legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Glossodia orientalis F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
  • APC Comment: Treated as Caladenia major in the ACT.
  • APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 206-207 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia major (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate common name: Parson-in-the-Pulpit [n/a] common name: Wax Lip Orchid [n/a]