Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 324 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (J.T.) v.v.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 90 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 205 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 261 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]

• Vernacular: Chingum

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 549 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 140 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Flesh-colored.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 233, 235 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 63-64 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Arethusa catenata Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia alata R.Br. legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (1947), A review of the species Caladenia carnea R.Br. (Orchidaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 71: 278-281 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 465 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 180-181 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 123, Fig 114B-B2 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 169 [secondary reference]

• Text: Recorded for Western Australia by Rogers in Black, Fl. S. Austral. 140 (1922), possibly on the basis of Sargent's record (Journ. W. Austral. Nat. Hist. Soc. no. 3:12 (1906) of the var. alba (R.Br.) Benth. This was a misidentification of Caladenia saccharata Reichb.f.

Hallé, N. in Aubréville, A. (1977), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances 8: 460 [basionym]

basionym of: Caladenia catenata f. carnea (R.Br.) N.Hallé legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 106 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 44 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 194 [secondary reference]

common name: Finger Orchid [n/a] common name: Pinkies [n/a] common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 95 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 375-376, Fig. 56E [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 21 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: 'Port Jackson', 1803–5, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype E!, G!, L!, K-L! MRL! W!)

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 35-36 (Figs 65. 67, 68), 40, Plates 29 & 32 [secondary reference]

common name: white rabbits [n/a] common name: Pink fingers [n/a]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 208 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a] common name: Pink Fairy [n/a]

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 78 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Hallé, N. in Aubréville, A. (1977), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances 8: 459-461, t. 184 misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Blaxell, D.F. (June 1980), Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce; a taxonomic note. The Orchadian 6(8): 180 misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 106, 133-134 misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Lavarack, P.S. & Gray, B. (1985), Tropical Orchids of Australia: 65

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 762-763 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 129 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 26 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia catenata f. carnea (R.Br.) N.Hallé legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia atkinsonii Rodway legitimate

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 67 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

• Etymology: "flesh-coloured (flower)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 129 [secondary reference]

common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (December 2000), Four new names in Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae), and a note on C. carnea var. subulata Nicholls. The Orchadian 13(6): 257 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. subulata Nicholls legitimate

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): 406 [basionym]

basionym of: Petalochilus carneus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 18, 23 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea R.Br. var. carnea legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus carneus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia carnea var. subulata Nicholls 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): 185 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia catenata f. carnea (R.Br.) N.Hallé legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus carneus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea R.Br. var. carnea legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia catenata f. carnea (R.Br.) N.Hallé legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus carneus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia atkinsonii Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia carnea var. subulata Nicholls legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia carnea var. gigantea R.S.Rogers legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia carnea var. gracillima Rupp legitimate misapplication: Caladenia iridescens R.S.Rogers legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 376

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 192 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia catenata f. carnea (R.Br.) N.Hallé legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus carneus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Druce, G.C. (1917), Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 611

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 277 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "flesh-coloured"

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 95 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia atkinsonii Rodway legitimate pro parte misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce var. catenata legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 106

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: 7, 63, 67, 83, 93, 105, 110 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea R.Br. var. carnea legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia catenata f. carnea (R.Br.) N.Hallé legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus carneus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia atkinsoni Rodway orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Caladenia atkinsonii Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia carnea var. subulata Nicholls legitimate pro parte misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce var. catenata legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 106 misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Hallé, N. in Aubréville, A. (1977), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances 8: 459-461, t. 184 misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Blaxell, D.F. (June 1980), Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce; a taxonomic note. The Orchadian 6(8): 180 misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Jessop, J.P. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (June 1983), A list of the vascular plants of South Australia 1: 68 misapplication: Caladenia catenata (Sm.) Druce legitimate by Lavarack, P.S. & Gray, B. (1985), Tropical Orchids of Australia: 65 misapplication: Caladenia iridescens R.S.Rogers legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 376 misapplication: Caladenia iridescens R.S.Rogers legitimate by Jessup, L.W. (2005), Flora of South-eastern Queensland Volume 3 Changes to names or status of taxa: [6]

• APC Comment: Treated as Petalochilus carneus in the ACT.
• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 74-75 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia catenata f. carnea (R.Br.) N.Hallé legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus carneus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia atkinsonii Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia carnea var. subulata Nicholls legitimate common name: Pink Fingers [n/a]

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