Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Orchidaceae Juss.
Leptoceras (Lindl. , legitimate , scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840) , A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony
liii.
[comb. et stat. nov.]
basionym:
Caladenia sect. Leptoceras R.Br. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
113
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Caladenia R.Br. legitimate
Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922) , Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1
133-134
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
Greek leptos, thin; keras, horn, antenna: referring to the petals.
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1
228
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Greek leptos , thin; keras , horn, antenna; referring to the petals"
George, A.S. (5 May 1971) , A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2)
183
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sect. Leptoceras R.Br. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989) , Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1
20
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Caladenia R.Br. legitimate
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
242
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Caladenia R.Br. legitimate
Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999) , The Orchids of Tasmania
163
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"... and unusual erect ear-like petals ... The generic name also refers to this feature and is derived from the Greek leptos (slender) and ceras (horn)."
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)
404
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
372
[secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008) , Orchids of Western Australia
213
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rabbit orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
"slender horn, alluding to the horn-like petals"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
482
[secondary reference]
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011) , Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3
213
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rabbit Orchid [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym:
Caladenia sect. Leptoceras R.Br. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021) , Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3
208
[secondary reference]
Brown, A. (19 July 2022) , The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2
32
[secondary reference]
common name:
Rabbit Orchid [n/a]
Etymology:
From the Greek leptos (thin, slender) and -ceras (horn), in reference to the narrow, horn-like petals."
