Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Paracaleana granitica Hopper & A.P.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006) , Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3)
230-232, Figs 2, 16, 17 (map)
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Sullivan Rock on Albany Highway, 32˚23'S, 116˚15'E, 26 Nov. 1986, S.D.Hopper 5835 . holo: PERTH 904309!."
Etymology:
"Named from the Latin for granite, the common, coarse-grained, light-coloured, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica."
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
236
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite duck orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"granite, alluding to the habitat of the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
256
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite Duck Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"... confined to granite outcrops, hence the name granitica."
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)
16
[basionym]
basionym of:
Caleana granitica (M.A.Clem. legitimate
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
30, 130
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Caleana granitica (M.A.Clem. legitimate
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (10 December 2019) , Update on generic and specific nomenclature in Paracaleana (Drakaeinae), Caladeniinae and a new name in Caladenia (Orchidaceae). Nuytsia 30
280
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
292
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Sullivania granitica D.L.Jones nom. inval.
Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (19 November 2021) , Notes on Australasian Orchidaceae 7: updates on the nomenclature of Sullivania (Diurideae: Drakaeinae). Lankesteriana 21(3)
316
[basionym]
basionym of:
Sullivania granitica (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
70
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite Duck Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin granitum (granite), in reference to the granite outcrop habitat of this species."
