Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia dimidia 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)
213-215, Figs 47 (map), 48
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Jackson Rock, c. 100 km south-east of Hyden, 32 49'S, 119 51'E, Western Australia, 31 August 1986, S.D. Hopper 5360 (holo: PERTH 01196634).
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)
454
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonema dimidium (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2002) , Nomenclatural notes arising from studies in the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae): Calonemorchis. The Orchadian 14(1)
34
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonemorchis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. superfl.
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (June 2003) , Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae): Jonesiopsis. The Orchadian 14(4)
181
[basionym]
basionym of:
Jonesiopsis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 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)
203
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema dimidium (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Jonesiopsis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
48
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chameleon orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"half, alluding to the intermediate labellum size"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
63
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chameleon 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
7, 124
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema dimidium (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Jonesiopsis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia dimidia N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia dimidia N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia dimidia Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
pro parte misapplication:
Caladenia filamentosa R.Br. legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (1930) , Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis
pro parte misapplication:
Caladenia filamentosa R.Br. legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1981) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia
pro parte misapplication:
Caladenia filamentosa R.Br. legitimate
by Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
174-175
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. superfl.
nomenclatural synonym:
Jonesiopsis dimidia (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
common name:
Chameleon Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
80
[secondary reference]
common name:
Chameleon Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin dimidius (half), in reference to the intermediate size of the labellum compared to related species."
