Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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.

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Showing Caladenia serotina

Orchidaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Lilianae(superordo)
Asparagales(ordo)
Orchidaceae(fam.)
Caladenia(gen.)
serotina(sp.)

Caladenia serotina Hopper & A.P.Br.

, legitimate

, scientific

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (15 April 2002), Validation of the name Caladenia serotina (Orchidaceae).

:

453-454

[tax. nov.]

Type: "c. 16 km north of Manjimup on South Western Highway, 34 05'S, 116 11'E, Western Australia, 13 December 1985, S.D.Hopper 4765 (holo: PERTH 00909106; iso: AD, CBG, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH 02416328)."

Text: "In our recent treatment [i.e. S.D.Hopper & A.P.Brown, Nuytsia 14(2): 144-145 (2001)]...a portion of the text was omitted at the top of page 145... the new species Caladenia serotina was not validly published as most of its type citation was missing."

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1

:

349

[secondary reference]

common name:

Christmas Spider Orchid

[n/a]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2003), New Combinations.

The Orchadian

:

126

[basionym]

basionym of:

Arachnorchis serotina (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

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

:

197

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia serotina Hopper & A.P.Br.

nom. inval.

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia

:

64

[secondary reference]

common name:

Christmas spider orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "late coming, alluding to the late flowering season of the species"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3

:

88

[secondary reference]

common name:

Christmas 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

:

11, 126

[secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

- APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia sp.

[n/a]

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia serotina N.Hoffman & A.P.Br.

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia serotina Paczk. & A.R.Chapm.

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Caladenia serotina Hopper & A.P.Br.

nom. inval.

taxonomic synonym:

Arachnorchis serotina (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3

:

110-111

[secondary reference]

common name:

Christmas Spider Orchid

[n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1

:

170

[secondary reference]

common name:

Christmas Spider Orchid

[n/a]

Etymology: "From the Latin serotinus (late coming), in reference to the late flowering season of the species."