Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia microchila
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia microchila 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): 250-253, Figs 60D (map), 61A-F BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "south side of Mt Coobaninya, 79 km south-west of Balladonia, 33° 01'S, 123° 21'E, Western Australia, 22 August 1989, S.D. Hopper 7412 (holo: PERTH 02648725; iso: AD, CBG, K, MEL)."
  • Etymology: "Named from the Greek micro (little, small), and -cheilo (lip), alluding to the labellum which is the smallest among Western Australian (and possibly all of Australia) Caladenia species with filamentous sepals and petals."
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): 455 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonema microchilum (Hopper & A.P.Br.) 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): 38 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (June 2003), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae): Jonesiopsis. The Orchadian 14(4): 182 [basionym]
basionym of: Jonesiopsis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) 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): 205 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema microchilum (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Jonesiopsis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) 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: Western wispy spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "small lip, alluding to the small labellum size"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 62 [secondary reference]
common name: Western Wispy Spider 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: 10, 93, 126 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema microchilum (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Jonesiopsis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia microchila N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia microchila Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. misapplication: Caladenia filamentosa var. tentaculata R.S.Rogers legitimate by George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 171, 176
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 180 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Jonesiopsis microchila (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Western Wispy Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 80 [secondary reference]
common name: Western Wispy Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek micro (small, little) and -chilus, in reference to the small labellum."

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