Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia excelsa
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) BHL [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.
  • APC Dist.: WA
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.
  • APC Dist.: WA
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."
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