Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia graminifolia
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia graminifolia A.S.George , legitimate, scientific
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), Four new species of Orchidaceae from Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 162-163, 171, Fig. 3 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Culham Inlet, west of Hopetoun, W.A., in sandy soil under Eucalyptus platypus var. heterophylla, A.S. George 9468, Aug. 1, 1969 – holo.: PERTH, iso.: K, MEL, NSW."
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet refers to the grass-like aspect of the leaf."
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 134-135 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 55 [secondary reference]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 119-120 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 25 [secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 122 [secondary reference]
common name: Grass-leaved Spider Orchid [n/a]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 122 [secondary reference]
common name: Grass-leaved Spider Orchid [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 78 [secondary reference]
Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 18 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonema graminifolium (A.S.George) Szlach. nom. illeg.
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 graminifolia (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): 140 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis graminifolia (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): 193 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis graminifolia (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema graminifolium (A.S.George) Szlach. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis graminifolia (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 96 [secondary reference]
common name: Grass-leaf spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "grass-like leaf, alluding to the narrow, grass-like leaf"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 150 [secondary reference]
common name: Grass-leafed 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, 125 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Calonema graminifolium (A.S.George) Szlach. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis graminifolia (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis graminifolia (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonema graminifolia Szlach. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 150 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis graminifolia (A.S.George) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis graminifolia (A.S.George) Szlach. legitimate common name: Grass-leaved Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 122 [secondary reference]
common name: Grass-leafed Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin gramen (grass) and -folia (leaf), in reference to the narrow grass-like leaf."