Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia falcata ( Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & Hopper
, legitimate , scientific
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1 :
24
[comb. et stat. nov.]
basionym:
Caladenia dilatata var. falcata Nicholls
legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 :
116
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fringed Mantis Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Green Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised) :
116
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fringed Mantis Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Green Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000) , The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue :
78
[secondary reference]
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
[nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of:
Arachnorchis falcata ( Nicholls) 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) :
72-75, Figs 9 (map), 10
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia dilatata var. falcata Nicholls
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:
Caladenia dilatata var. falcata Nicholls
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis falcata ( Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis falcata ( Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Calonema falcatum Hopper & A.P.Br.
nom. inval., pro syn.
Although Hopper & Brown attribute Calonema falcatum to D.Szlachetko, Polish Bot. J. 46(1): 17 (2001), the name published there is Caladenia falcata (Nicholls) Szlach., an isonym.
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia :
92
[secondary reference]
common name:
fringed mantis orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Green spider orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"sickle shaped, alluding to the prominently upcurved lateral sepals"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3 :
143
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fringed Mantis Orchid
[n/a]
common name:
Green Spider Orchid
[n/a]
Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016) , Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2 :
218, 220-221, photos 1-4
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis falcata ( Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
common name:
Fringed Mantis 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, 125
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia dilatata var. falcata Nicholls
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis falcata ( Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis falcata ( Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Caladenia falcata D.L.Jones
nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Calonema falcatum Hopper & A.P.Br.
nom. inval., pro syn.
isonym:
Caladenia falcata ( Nicholls) Szlach.
isonym
doubtful pro parte misapplication:
Caladenia dilatata R.Br.
legitimate
by Gardner, C.A. (1930) , Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis : 24
doubtful pro parte misapplication:
Caladenia dilatata R.Br.
legitimate
by Beard, J.S. in Beard, J.S. (ed.) (1970) , Descriptive Catalogue of West Australian Plants Edn. 2 : 31
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3 :
149-150
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia dilatata var. falcata Nicholls
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Arachnorchis falcata ( Nicholls) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
legitimate
nomenclatural synonym:
Calonemorchis falcata ( Nicholls) Szlach.
legitimate
common name:
Fringed Mantis Orchid
[n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1 :
72
[secondary reference]
common name:
Fringed Mantis Orchid
[n/a]
Etymology:
"From the Latin falcatus (sickle shaped), in reference to the upswept lateral sepals."