Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia exstans
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia exstans 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): 71-72, Figs 8, 9 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: east of Esperance, Western Australia, 8 October 1985, S.D.Hopper 4678 (holo: PERTH 01707027: iso: AD, CBG).
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): 452 [basionym]
basionym of: Arachnorchis exstans (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). Richardiana 3(2): 99 [basionym]
basionym of: Phlebochilus exstans (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 17(2): 192 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis exstans (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 94 [secondary reference]
common name: Pointing spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "projecting, alluding to the labellum which projects forward"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 147 [secondary reference]
common name: Pointing Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "...and its tip juts forward rather than curling under. It is this latter feature that gives the species its scientific name of 'exstans' which means projecting."
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: 8, 125 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis exstans (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phlebochilus exstans (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia exstans N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia exstans Anon. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia exstans N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia exstans Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 159 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis exstans (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Pointing Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 68 [secondary reference]
common name: Pointing Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin exstans (projecting), in reference to the forward projecting labellum."