Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia mentiens
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia mentiens D.L.Jones , legitimate, scientific
Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 35-36, Fig. 2.9 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Tasmania. Carr Villa Reserve, 2 Nov. 1993, J. Campbell 93138 (holo CANB).
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 82 [secondary reference]
common name: Lesser Caladenia [n/a]
  • Etymology: "imitate (C. minor, C. pusilla)"
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.K. & Mackenzie, A.M. (September 2001), A new classification of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(9): 410 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.K. & Mackenzie, A.M. (September 2001), A new classification of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(9): 410 [basionym]
basionym of: Petalochilus mentiens (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 19, 23 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus mentiens (D.L.Jones) 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): 186 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus mentiens (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 279 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "very similar to another"
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 96 [secondary reference]
misapplication: Caladenia catenata var. minor (Hook.f.) W.M.Curtis legitimate by Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 28
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: 10, 63, 68, 93, 105, 110 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus mentiens (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate misapplication: Caladenia catenata var. minor (Hook.f.) W.M.Curtis legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 106, 133
  • APC Comment: Treated as Petalochilus mentiens in the ACT
  • APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 80 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus mentiens (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Lesser Fingers [n/a]