Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Caladenia nivalis

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Caladenia(gen.)
nivalis(sp.)

Caladenia nivalis 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.

:

131-133, Figs 21, 22 (map)

[tax. nov.]

Type: On rocky knoll just south of Sugarloaf Rock car park, in Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, c. 9 km north of Yallingup, 33 34'S, 115 00'E, Western Australia, 27 September 1985, S.D.Hopper 4665 (holo: PERTH 01707043; iso: AD, CBG, K).

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

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352

[secondary reference]

common name:

Exotic Spider Orchid

[n/a]

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

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453

[basionym]

basionym of:

Arachnorchis nivalis (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).

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95

[basionym]

basionym of:

Calonemorchis nivalis (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

:

195

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Arachnorchis nivalis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia

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78

[secondary reference]

common name:

Exotic spider orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "snowy, alluding to the pure white colouration of the flowers"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3

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121

[secondary reference]

common name:

Exotic 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

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10, 126

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

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- APC

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Arachnorchis nivalis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

nomenclatural synonym:

Calonemorchis nivalis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia nivalis N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia nivalis Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.

nom. inval.

APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3

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140

[secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym:

Arachnorchis nivalis (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

common name:

Crystalline Spider Orchid

[n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1

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138

[secondary reference]

common name:

Exotic Spider Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "From the Latin niveus (snowy, snow white), in reference to the brilliant white flower colour."