Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia excelsa Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
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) :
68-71, Figs 8L-R, 9A (map)
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"north-west of Margaret River, Western Australia, 4 October 1983, S.D. Hopper 3429 (holo : PERTH 00328979; iso : AD, CBG, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH)."
Etymology:
"Named from the Latin excelsus (lofty, high), alluding to the height of the scapes, which, on robust specimens, are tallest recorded for the genus."
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
348
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002) , Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10) :
452
[basionym]
basionym of:
Arachnorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Szlachetko, D.L. & Rutkowski, P. (2003) , Quelques notes additionnelles sur la sous-famille Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Richardiana 3(2) :
94
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonemorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk.
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) :
192
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sp. 8 (Leeuwin-Naturaliste)
[n/a]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
74
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant spider orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"lofty, alluding to the height of the flower scapes"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
107
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
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 :
8, 124
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sp. (Leeuwin-Naturaliste) S.D.Hopper 4670
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sp. 8 (Leeuwin-Naturaliste)
[n/a]
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa Anon.
nom. inval., nom. nud.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia excelsa Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
113
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis excelsa ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
178
[secondary reference]
common name:
Giant Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin excelsus (lofty, high), in reference to the height of the flower scapes."