Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia ensata Nicholls , legitimate , scientific
Nicholls, W.H. (1947) , Additions to the Orchidaceae of Western Australia - I. Three new species of the genus Caladenia R.Br. The Victorian Naturalist 64(7)
138, & fig.
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Abundant in very heavy scrub along the banks of King River, adjacent to "Ballymena" Guest House and on the Granite slopes westward (1 ½ miles). Collected by W.H. Nicholls, Oct., 1946 – TYPE specimens are in the National Herbarium, Melbourne."
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
173
[secondary reference]
Type:
King River, near Ballymena Guest House, and on granite slope 1.5 miles west, Nicholls , Oct., 1946 - holo.: MEL, iso.: PERTH.
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
173
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Caladenia longiclavata E.Coleman var. longiclavata legitimate
Jones, D.L. (1988) , Native Orchids of Australia
116-117
[secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
24
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2
126
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised)
126
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue
77
[secondary reference]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001) , Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1)
17
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonema ensatum (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)
394
[basionym]
basionym of:
Arachnorchis ensata (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)
67-68, Figs 6 (map), 8
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
351
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid [n/a]
Szlachetko, D.L. (July 2002) , Nomenclatural adjustments in the Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Polish Botanical Journal 46(2)
139
[basionym]
basionym of:
Calonemorchis ensata (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 ensata (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema ensatum (Szlach. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis ensata (Szlach. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
98
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy spider orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"sword shaped, alluding to sword-like points to the petals and sepals"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
156
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy 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
8, 124
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema ensata Szlach. orth. var.
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonema ensatum (Szlach. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis ensata (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis ensata (Szlach. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
133
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis ensata (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis ensata (Szlach. legitimate
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1
184
[secondary reference]
common name:
Stumpy Spider Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin ensatus (sword shaped, shaped like a two edged sword), in reference to the sword-like points to the petals and sepals."
