Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia winfieldii
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia winfieldii 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): 159-160, Figs 32, 33A (map) BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "near Manjimup, Western Australia, 29 October 1987, S.D. Hopper 6305 (holo: PERTH 01068849; iso: AD, CBG, MEL, PERTH 01067389)."
  • Etymology: "Named after the late Mr Henry Winfield (1924-1993), field officer with the Western Australian Forests Department for 42 years who knew of and cultivated the species since the late 1970's, and who first directed us to wild populations in 1987 ..."
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): 454 [basionym]
basionym of: Arachnorchis winfieldii (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): 96 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis winfieldii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) 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): 199 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis winfieldii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia winfieldii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis winfieldii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis winfieldii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 76 [secondary reference]
common name: Majestic spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "named for Harry Winfield who brought the species to our attention in the 1970s"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 116 [secondary reference]
common name: Majestic Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "This orchid is named in honour of the late Harry Winfield, a retired forester, who discovered it and brought it to the attention of one of the authors in 1987."
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: 12, 127 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis winfieldii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis winfieldii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia winfieldii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia winfieldii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia winfieldii Anon. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia winfieldii Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 136 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis winfieldii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Majestic Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 180 [secondary reference]
common name: Majestic Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Named in honour of Harry Windfield, a former field officer with the Western Australian Forests Department who discovered this species."

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