Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Caladenia amplexans

Orchidaceae Juss.

Caladenia amplexans A.S.George

, legitimate

, scientific

George, A.S. (24 October 1984), Seven new orchids from Western Australia.

:

53-55, Fig. 1A–D.

BHL

[primary reference]

Type: "53 miles (c. 85 km) NE of Wubin, Western Australia (c. 29°53′S, 117°00′E) 20 Aug. 1960, A.S. George 900 (holo: PERTH)."

Etymology: "The Latin epithet amplexans (clasping) refers to the labellum."

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2

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54

[secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia

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93

[secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae.

Australian Orchid Research

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20

[secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (June 2000), New genera , subgenera, combinations, and species in the Caladenia alliance (Orchidaceae: Diurideae).

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120

[basionym]

basionym of:

Cyanicula amplexans (A.S.George) Hopper & A.P.Br.

legitimate

Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1.

Polish Botanical Journal

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20

[basionym]

basionym of:

Pentisea amplexans (A.S.George) Szlach.

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

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227

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Cyanicula amplexans (A.S.George) Hopper & A.P.Br.

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of:

Cyanicula amplexans (A.S.George) Hopper & A.P.Br.

legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3

:

93

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Cyanicula amplexans (A.S.George) Hopper & A.P.Br.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Pentisea amplexans (A.S.George) Szlach.

legitimate

common name:

Dainty Blue Caladenia

[n/a]