Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidula
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidula Hopper & A.P.Br. , orth. var., 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): 120 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Wittenoom Hills, 47 km north-east of Esperance, 33 28'S, 122 08'E, Western Australia, 8 October 1985, S.D.Hopper 4681 (holo: PERTH 01712217; iso: AD, CBG, K, MEL, NSW).
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. insularis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia christineae subsp. insularis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia insularis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
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): 8 [orthographic variant]
orthographic variant of: Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidulus Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate
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. rigidula (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. rigidula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 66 [secondary reference]
common name: Rigid white spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "stiff, rigid and small, alluding to the small stiffly-held flowers"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 91 [secondary reference]
common name: Rigid White Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A.P. & Brockman, G. (1 May 2015), New taxa of Caladenia (Orchidaceae) from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 25: 110-113, Figs 22 (map), 36 [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, 126 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. rigidula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. "rigidula" legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidula N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidula N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidula Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 117 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis longicauda subsp. rigidula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Rigid White Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 168 [secondary reference]
common name: Rigid White Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin rigidulus (somewhat rigid), in reference to the small flowers with stiffy spreading petals and sepals."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (21 March 2023), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2022. Nuytsia 34: 8 [orthographic variant]
orthographic variant of: Caladenia longicauda subsp. rigidulus Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate