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 x spectabilis

Orchidaceae Juss.

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

Caladenia x spectabilis 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.

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299-300, Fig. 77 (map)

[tax. nov.]

Type: Munglinup River crossing on Rawlinson Rd, c. 20 km north-north-west of Munglinup, 33 33'S, 120 46'E, Western Australia, 24 September 1988, A.P.Brown 892 (holo: PERTH 01669575; iso: AD, CBG).

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

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208

[secondary reference]

Comment: "Caladenia flava x C. latifolia"

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

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346

[secondary reference]

common name:

Spectacular spider orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "esteemed, worthy, excellent, alluding to the handsome flowers of this hybrid"

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

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-

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018.

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8

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia rosea K.W.Dixon & Christenh.

legitimate

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

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98 APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia rosea K.W.Dixon & Christenh.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2

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272

[secondary reference]

common name:

Spectacular Spider Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "From the Latin spectatus (esteemed, worthy, excellent), in reference to the handsome flowers."