Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii 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): 117-118, Fig. 18B (map) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "5.2 km south of Warner Glen Bridge on Warner Glen Rd, 34° 10'S, 115° 11'E, Western Australia, 13 October 1991, S.D. Hopper 8219 (holo: PERTH 01829386; iso: AD, CBG, MEL)."
  • Etymology: "Named after Mr Wayne Merrin (1947-), landscape supplier, businessman, and keen member of the Western Australian Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group, who has helped us in finding many interesting orchis populations, and first alerted us about the presence of this large-flowered white spider orchid near Blackwood River."
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): 453 [basionym]
basionym of: Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (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): 195 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 70 [secondary reference]
common name: Merritt's white spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "named for Wayne Merritt who was the first to recognised the orchid's distinctiveness"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 101 [secondary reference]
common name: Merritt's White Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Brought to the Author's attention by Waynne Merritt, after whom it is named..."
Brown, A.P. & Brockman, G. (1 May 2015), New taxa of Caladenia (Orchidaceae) from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 25: 106-107, Figs 27 (map), 33 [secondary reference]
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: 9, 125 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. merrittii Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 116 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. merrittii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Merritt's White Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 166 [secondary reference]
common name: Merritt's White Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Named in honour of Wayne Merritt, a business man and orchid enthusiast who was one of the first to recognise the orchid as being distinct."
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