Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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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.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia mesocera 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) :
171-172, Figs 35 (map), 37
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Muddarning Hill, 3 km south-east of Mt Jackson, 69 km north-north-west of Koolyanobbing, 30 15'S, 119 18'E, Western Australia, 1 September 1984, S.D.Hopper 4010 (holo: PERTH 00250058; iso: AD, CBG, K).
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis mesocera N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
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) :
456
[basionym]
basionym of:
Drakonorchis mesocera ( 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) :
199
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis mesocera N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis mesocera ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
108
[secondary reference]
common name:
Narrow-lipped dragon orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"middle horn, alluding to the position of the reclined horns on the labellum"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
184
[secondary reference]
common name:
Narrow-lipped Dragon 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 :
10, 126
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Drakonorchis mesocera ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia multiclavia var. brevicuspis Benth.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis mesocera N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Drakonorchis mesocera Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesyella multiclavia var. brevicuspis Szlach.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Jonesiopsis multiclavia var. brevicuspis ( Benth.) Szlach.
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
166
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Drakonorchis mesocera ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
common name:
Narrow-lipped Dragon Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
58
[secondary reference]
common name:
Narrow-lipped Dragon Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek meso (middle) and -ceras (horn), in reference to the mid position of the reclined horns on the labellum