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 nana

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Caladenia(gen.)
nana(sp.)

Caladenia nana Endl.

, legitimate

, scientific

Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae.

Plantae Preissianae

:

7

[tax. nov.]

Type: "In arenosis ad latus occidentale montis Clarence, 5 Octobr. 1840. Herb. Preiss. No. 2205."

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia.

:

175, 177

BHL

[secondary reference]

Type: "Mt. Clarence, Preiss 2205, Oct. 5, 1840 - holo.: W, iso.: W, G. -"

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia unita Fitzg.

legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia

:

168-169

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pink Fan Orchid

[n/a]

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

:

55

[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

:

818

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pink Fan Orchid

[n/a]

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

:

103

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pink Fan Orchid

[n/a]

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

Australian Orchid Research

:

28

[secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2

:

142-143

[secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue

:

80

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pink Fan Orchid

[n/a]

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.K. & Mackenzie, A.M. (September 2001), A new classification of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae).

The Orchadian

:

392

[secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (21 September 2001), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 2. New taxa and circumscriptions in Caladenia.

:

178,180-181

BHL

[secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

344

[secondary reference]

common name:

Pink Fan Orchid

[n/a]

Szlachetko, D.L. (2003), Nomenclatural adjustments in Caladeniinae (Orchidaceae, Thelymitroideae).

Annales Botanici Fennici

:

144

[basionym]

basionym of:

Caladeniastrum nanum (Endl.) 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

:

200

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Caladeniastrum nanum (Endl.) Szlach.

legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia

:

110

[secondary reference]

common name:

Fan orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "tiny, dwarf, alluding to the small plant and flower size"

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

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Caladeniastrum nanum (Endl.) Szlach.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA