Caladenia alata

Caladenia alata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Caladeniinae
Genus: Caladenia
Species: Caladenia alata

Name

Caladenia alata R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 324 (1810)

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Caladenia carnea var. alata (R.Br.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 85: 549 (1915)
  • Petalochilus alatus (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Orchadian 13: 406 (2001)

• Heterotypic
  • Caladenia minor var. exigua Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl.: 688 (1906)
  • Caladenia exigua (Cheeseman) Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 45: 96 (1912 publ. 1913)
  • Caladenia carnea var. exigua (Cheeseman) Rupp, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 69: 7 (1944)
  • Caladenia holmesii Rupp, Victorian Naturalist 70: 179 (1954)
  • Caladenia catenata var. exigua (Cheeseman) W.M.Curtis, Stud. Fl. Tasman. 4A: 133 (1979)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria New Zealand New Zealand North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 324.

Additional references

• Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. 2004. Robert Brown's Caladenia revisited, including a revision of its sister genera Cyanicula, Ericksonella and Pheladenia (Caladeniinae: Orchidaceae), Australian Systematic Botany 17(2): 171 - 240. DOI: 10.1071/SB03002 Full text PDF from ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Emonocot.org 2018. Caladenia alata in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 15.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Caladenia alata in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Caladenia alata. Published online. Accessed: 15 October 2018.
• New Zealand Native Orchid Group: Caladenia alata
• The Plant List 2013. Caladenia alata in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 15.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Caladenia alata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 October 15.

Vernacular names

العربية: كلادينة جناحية
English: Fairy orchid

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