Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Cyanicula Hopper & A.P.Br. , legitimate , scientific
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (June 2000) , New genera , subgenera, combinations, and species in the Caladenia alliance (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Lindleyana 15(2)
120, Fig. 1
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Cyanicula gemmata (Lindl.) Hopper & A.P.Brown (Fig. 1).
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)
403
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sect. Pentisea Lindl. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pentisea (Szlach. legitimate
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
360
[secondary reference]
Western Australian Herbarium (2003) , FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2
-
[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)
210-213
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sect. Pentisea Lindl. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Pentisea (Szlach. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
137
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"blue, alluding to the blue flowers found in most species"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (2008) , Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory
278
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"from the Greek cyanos , blue, and icula , small; reference to the small blue flower"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
241
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
189
[secondary reference]
common name:
Blue 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
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Caladenia subg. Pentisea (M.A.Clem. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Cyanicula Hopper & A.P.Br. subg. Cyanicula legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia sect. Pentisea Lindl. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Pentisea (Szlach. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Cyanicula subg. Trilobatae Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
192
[secondary reference]
common name:
China Orchids
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
222
[secondary reference]
common name:
China Orchids
[n/a]
common name:
Blue Orchids [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek cyano (blue) and -icula (small), in reference to the small blue flowers of most members of the genus."
