Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia crebra
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia crebra A.S.George , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), Four new species of Orchidaceae from Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 160-162, 169, Fig. 2 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "24 miles south of Dongara, W.A., in sandy soil with Eucalyptus erythrocorys and scrub A.S. George 9621, Aug. 30, 1969 – holo.: PERTH, iso.: K, MEL, NSW."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet, meaning "close, pressed together", refers to the dense calli on the labellum."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 169 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 120-121 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith Spider [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: 112 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith Spider Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 22 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 65 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith Spider Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 65 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith Spider Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 77 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith Spider Orchid [n/a]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 17 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonema crebrum (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate
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): 393 [basionym]
basionym of: Arachnorchis crebra (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Szlachetko, D.L. (July 2002), Nomenclatural adjustments in the Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 46(2): 138 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis crebra (A.S.George) Szlach. 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 crebra (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema crebrum (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis crebra (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 100 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "crowded, alluding to the dense central band of labellum calli"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 83 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "...is distinguished by its greenish-yellow colouration and dense central band of calli from which the scientific name 'crebra' is derived."
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: 7, 124 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Calonema crebra Szlach. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Calonema crebrum (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis crebra (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis crebra (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 132 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis crebra (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis crebra (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate common name: Arrowsmith Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 200 [secondary reference]
common name: Arrowsmith Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin crebrus (close, pressed together, frequent, numerous), in reference to the dense central band of labellum lamina calli."