Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia granitora 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)
79-81, Figs 11C (map), 12A-G
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"east end of Normans Beach near Mt Manypeaks, 34° 55'S, 118° 16'E, Western Australia, 8 October 1987, S.D. Hopper 6215 (holo " PERTH 01751573; iso : CBG)."
Etymology:
"Named from the rock granite and Latin ora - coast, alluding to the habitat occupied by the species."
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)
452
[basionym]
basionym of:
Arachnorchis granitora (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Szlachetko, D.L. & Rutkowski, P. (2003) , Quelques notes additionnelles sur la sous-famille Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Richardiana 3(2)
95
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonemorchis granitora (Szlach. & Rutk. 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)
193
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis granitora (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
90
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite spider orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"granite, coast, alluding to the coastal granite habitat occupied by the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
139
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite 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
8, 125
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis granitora (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis granitora (Szlach. & Rutk. legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia granitora N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia granitora N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia granitora Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
150-151
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis granitora (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
common name:
Granite Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
74
[secondary reference]
common name:
Granite Spider Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin graniticus (granite rocks) and -ora (belonging to), in reference to the coastal granite habitat occupied by the species."
