Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia pygmaea ( R.S.Rogers) R.J.Bates
, legitimate , scientific
Bates, R.J. (2014) , Caladenia pygmaea, the pygmy finger orchid validated at species level (after more than a century of being misunderstood). Australian Orchid Review 79(5) :
55-57
[comb. et stat. nov.]
basionym:
Caladenia carnea var. pygmaea R.S.Rogers
legitimate
Bates, R.J. (2016) , New combinations in the South Australian Caladeniinae. Australian Orchid Review 81(6) :
63
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Petalochilus pygmaeus ( R.S.Rogers) R.J.Bates
legitimate
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 :
11, 93
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia carnea var. pygmaea R.S.Rogers
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Petalochilus carnea var. minor R.J.Bates
nom. inval., nom. nud.
misapplication:
Caladenia pusilla W.M.Curtis
legitimate
by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990) , Orchids of South Australia : 53-54 (map), Fig. 67, Plate 61
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
82
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia carnea var. pygmaea R.S.Rogers
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Petalochilus pygmaeus ( R.S.Rogers) R.J.Bates
legitimate
common name:
Pygmy Finger Orchid
[n/a]