Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia cruscula
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia cruscula 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): 61-65, Figs 6 (map), 7 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: near salt lake, Kau Nature Reserve, 33 28'S, 122 21'E, Western Australia, 10 August 1980, A.S. George 15939 (holo: PERTH 00277576).
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): 451 [basionym]
basionym of: Arachnorchis cruscula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) 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): 94 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis cruscula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. nom. superfl.
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): 192 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis cruscula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 64 [secondary reference]
common name: Reclining spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "small legged, alluding to the relatively short sepals and petals"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 87 [secondary reference]
common name: Reclining 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: 7, 124 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis cruscula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis cruscula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cruscula N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cruscula N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia cruscula Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 104 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis cruscula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Reclining Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 168 [secondary reference]
common name: Reclining Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin cruscula (small legged), in reference to the relatively short sepals and petals compared to other species in the complex."