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 R.Br.
, legitimate , scientific
Brown, R. (27 March 1810) , Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805 :
323
[tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861) , Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly :
18
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants :
113
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Leptoceras ( R.Br.) Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Adenochilus Hook.f.
legitimate
Dixon, W.A. (1906) , The Plants of New South Wales :
260-261
[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 :
207-208
[secondary reference]
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1 :
134
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
"Greek kalos , beautiful; aden , a gland."
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1 :
228-229
[secondary reference]
Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944) , The Orchids of New South Wales :
59-69
[secondary reference]
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]
Eichler, Hj. (1965) , Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957) :
91
[secondary reference]
Dockrill, A.W. (1969) , Australian Indigenous Orchids :
179-181
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory :
120-124
[secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2) :
169
[secondary reference]
Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979) , Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1 :
159
[secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1980) , Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A :
95-98
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales :
27
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984) , Orchids of South-West Australia :
59
[secondary reference]
Bates, R. (March 1984) , Pollination of Caladenia: an overview. The Orchadian 7(11) :
269-270
[secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2 :
810-812
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia :
90-91
[secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3 :
374-375
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
20
[secondary reference]
Lectotype:
Caladenia carnea R.Br.
taxonomic synonym:
Leptoceras ( R.Br.) Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Petalochilus R.S.Rogers
legitimate
Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia :
33-34, Fig. 26
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider-orchids
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991) , New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2 :
13-36
[secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera :
242
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Leptoceras ( R.Br.) Lindl.
legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
23-152
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchids
[n/a]
Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4 :
196
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Lady's Fingers
[n/a]
common name:
Fairy Orchids
[n/a]
Dockrill, A.W. (1993) , Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1 :
76
[secondary reference]
Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2 :
754-758
[secondary reference]
Bishop, A. (1996) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1 :
125-126
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Fairy Orchids
[n/a]
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998) , A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3 :
17
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania :
50-52
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"... derived from the Greek calos (beautiful) and adenos (gland) and refers to the calli that adorn the labellum in most species."
Bishop, A. (2000) , Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2 :
125-126
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Fairy Orchids
[n/a]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001) , Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1) :
15
[secondary reference]
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) :
391
[secondary reference]
Type:
Type species: Caladenia flava R.Br. (fide Pfitzer 1889).
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia R.Br. sect. Caladenia
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia subg. Elevata Hopper & A.P.Br.
orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sect. Caladeniastrum Szlach.
legitimate
common name:
Lady's Fingers
[n/a]
common name:
Fairy Orchids
[n/a]
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) :
30-31
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1 :
342
[secondary reference]
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) :
179-184
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Calonema Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Petalochilus R.S.Rogers
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Caladeniastrum Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesiopsis Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phlebochilus ( Benth.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Stegostyla D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calonema ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Calonema ( Lindl.) Szlach.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Arachnorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calonemorchis Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladeniastrum ( Szlach.) Szlach.
legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
31
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"beautiful glands"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3 :
135
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Pheladenia D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
25
[secondary reference]
common name:
Spider Orchids
[n/a]
Clements, M.A., Howard, C.G. & Miller, J.T. (1 April 2015) , Caladenia revisited: results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Caladeniinae plastid and nuclear loci. American Journal of Botany 102(4) :
597
[secondary reference]
Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016) , Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia :
[pp. 24-29 of PDF] (photos)
[secondary reference]
common name:
caps
[n/a]
common name:
fingers
[n/a]
common name:
Spider-orchids
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia R.Br. sect. Caladenia
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia R.Br. subg. Caladenia
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Calonema Lindl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Eucaladenia Lindl.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Phlebochilus Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Petalochilus R.S.Rogers
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
x Drakodenia Hopper, S.J.van Leeuwen, A.P.Br. & S.J.Patrick
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia subg. Phlebochila Hopper & A.P.Br.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia subg. Phlebochilus ( Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia subg. Calonema Hopper & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia subg. Drakonorchis Hopper & A.P.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
x Drakodenia Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Caladeniastrum Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Stegostyla D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesyella Szlach.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesiopsis Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Phlebochilus ( Benth.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Arachnorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia subg. Calonema ( Lindl.) Hopper & A.P.Br.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calonema ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Calonema ( Lindl.) Szlach.
nom. illeg.
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calonemorchis Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladeniastrum ( Szlach.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia subg. Stegostyla ( D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesiopsis Szlach. subg. Jonesiopsis
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesiopsis subg. Phlebochilus ( Benth.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calonemorchis subg. Arachnorchis ( D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) Szlach. & Rutk.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesiopsis subg. Calonema ( Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenastrum Hopper & A.P.Br.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
x Jonorchis J.M.H.Shaw
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
x Calnorchis J.M.H.Shaw
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
x Jonesiopchis J.M.H.Shaw
legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
50-55
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fairy Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Fan Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Candy Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Zebra Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Spider Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Dragon Orchids
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek calos (beautiful) and-aden (gland), in reference to the ornamental calli that adorn the labella of all species in this genus."