Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia littoricola
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia littoricola R.J.Bates , legitimate, scientific
Bates, R.J. (2015), A new species of dwarf pink finger orchid Caladenia (Orchidaceae) from South Australia. Australian Orchid Review 80(1): 25-26 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "South Australia, Southeast region, south of Nora Creina Bay along Bog Road between Lake St Clair and the sea, in loose sand and shell grit of coastal dunes, 15th Sept. 2013, R. Bates 91888 (holo AD)."
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sp. "Selfing coastal dunes" [n/a]
  • Etymology: "the name derives from Latin littoricola 'of the coast' i.e. referring to the coastal sand dune habitat of Caladenia littoricola.
Bates, R.J. (2016), New combinations in the South Australian Caladeniinae. Australian Orchid Review 81(6): 63 [basionym]
basionym of: Petalochilus littoricola (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates legitimate
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: 9, 93 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sp. "Selfing coastal dunes" [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: SA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 79 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus littoricola (R.J.Bates) R.J.Bates legitimate common name: Coastal Fingers [n/a]