Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia petrensis
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia petrensis A.P.Br. & G.Brockman , legitimate, scientific
Brown, A.P. & Brockman, G. (5 December 2007), Caladenia petrensis and C. saxicola (Orchidaceae), two new ironstone endemics from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 17: 74-77, Figs 1A, 2 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: north-west of Rothsay Mine and east-north-east of old Karara Station Homestead, north side of road, Western Australia, 26 August 2003, G. Brockman 893 (holo: PERTH 06733964).
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 56 [secondary reference]
common name: Rock spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "rocky, alluding to the rocky habitat of the species"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 67 [secondary reference]
common name: Rock Spider 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]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sp. Rothsay (G.Brockman GBB404) [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 181-182 [secondary reference]
common name: Rock Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 94 [secondary reference]
common name: Rock Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin petra (rock or stone) and -ensis (indicates country or place of origin), in reference to the rocky habitat of this species."