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 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
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.
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."