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 x hypata Hopper & A.P.Br.
, legitimate , named hybrid
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) :
295, Figs 74 (map), 75
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Rocky Gully, Western Australia, 11 October 1978, R.Heberle s.n. (holo: PERTH 00266590).
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) :
208
[secondary reference]
"Caladenia lobata x C. longicauda"
Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2005) , Miscellaneous nomenclature notes and changes in Australian, New Guinea and New Zealand Orchidaceae. The Orchadian 15(1) :
34
[basionym]
basionym of:
Arachnorchis x hypata ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
338
[secondary reference]
common name:
Southern forest spider orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"uppermost, highest, alluding to the large, beautiful flowers of this spectacular hybrid"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis x hypata ( Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
163
[secondary reference]
common name:
Southern Forest Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2 :
270
[secondary reference]
common name:
Southern Forest Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Greek hypatos (uppermost, highest), in reference to the large attractive flowers."