Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Caladenia viridescens
Orchidaceae Juss.
Caladenia viridescens 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): 158-159, Figs 28, 31 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, 26 September 1985, S.D.Hopper 4657 (holo: PERTH 01099620; iso: AD, CBG, MEL).
Szlachetko, D.L. & Rutkowski, P. (2003), Quelques notes additionnelles sur la sous-famille Thelymitroideae (Orchidaceae). Richardiana 3(2): 96 [basionym]
basionym of: Calonemorchis viridescens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. 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): 198 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis viridescens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia sp. (Dunsborough) S.D.Hopper 5520b [n/a] nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia viridescens N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis viridescens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arachnorchis viridescens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 84 [secondary reference]
common name: Dunsborough spider orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "becoming green, alluding to the predominantly pale greenish-yellow floral colouration"
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 128 [secondary reference]
common name: Dunsborough 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: 12, 127 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis viridescens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Calonemorchis viridescens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) Szlach. & Rutk. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia sp. (Dunsborough) S.D.Hopper 5520b [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Caladenia viridescens N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia viridescens N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia viridescens Anon. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia viridescens Paczk. & A.R.Chapm. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia viridescens J.R.Wheeler, N.G.Marchant & M.Lewington nom. inval.
  • APC Dist.: WA
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 140 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Arachnorchis viridescens (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Dunsborough Spider Orchid [n/a]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 134 [secondary reference]
common name: Dunsborough Spider Orchid [n/a]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin viridi (green) and -escens (becoming), in reference to the greenish-yellow colour of the flowers."