Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia drakeoides
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia drakeoides Hopper & A.P.Br. , legitimate, scientific
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): 168-171, Figs 35 (map), 36 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: north-west of Dalwallinu, Western Australia, 23 August 1988, S.D.Hopper 6498 (holo: PERTH 01708066; iso: AD, CBG, K, MEL, NSW, PERTH 02416302).
taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 456 [basionym]
basionym of: Drakonorchis drakeoides (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 17(2): 199 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 108 [secondary reference]
common name: Hinged dragon orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "named for the genus Drakaea, alluding to the loosely hinged labellum"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 185 [secondary reference]
common name: Hinged Dragon Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "This species is named after Drakaea due to the remarkable similarity it has with species within that genus."
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: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sp. (salt lakes) S.D.Hopper 4162 [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides Anon. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 165-166 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drakonorchis drakeoides (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Hinged Dragon Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 60 [secondary reference]
common name: Hinged Dragon Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "Named from a combination of the genus Drakaea and the Greek -oides (like, similar, resembling), in reference to the loosley hinged labellum which is like that of the genus Drakaea."