Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia barbarossa
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia barbarossa Rchb.f. , legitimate, scientific
Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 64 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Drumm. 861."
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 169 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Type: "Swan River, Drummond 861 - holo.:W, iso.:W,G,P."
  • Text: The original and correct spelling of the epithet is barbarossa, not barbarossae as used by subsequent workers.
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 150-151 [secondary reference]
common name: Dragon Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 54 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 108 [secondary reference]
common name: Dragon Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 20 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Swan River', Drummond 861 (lecto W! isolectotype G! K! P!)."
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.K. & Mackenzie, A.M. (September 2001), A new classification of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(9): 404 [basionym]
basionym of: Drakonorchis barbarossa (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
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): 166-168, Fig. 34, 35 (map) [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [secondary reference]
common name: Dragon Orchid [n/a]
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): 199 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 108 [secondary reference]
common name: Common dragon orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "bearded, alluding to the densely hairy labellum"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 183 [secondary reference]
common name: Common Dragon 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: 6, 124 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Caladenia barbarossae F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 165 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drakonorchis barbarossa (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Common Dragon Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 58 [secondary reference]
common name: Common Dragon Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Holy Roman Emperor called Barbarossa (Red Beard), in reference to the dense matted hairs on the labellum."