Caladenia versicolor

Caladenia versicolor

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 versicolor

Name

Caladenia versicolor G.W.Carr, Indig. Fl. Fauna Assoc. Misc. Pap. 1: 19 (1991)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Arachnorchis versicolor (G.W.Carr) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem., Orchadian 13: 400 (2001)
• Heterotypic
  • Caladenia aerochila D.L.Jones, Austral. Orchid Res. 2: 13 (1991)
  • Calonema aerochilum (D.L.Jones) Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 16 (2001)
  • Calonemorchis aerochila (D.L.Jones) Szlach., Polish Bot. J. 46: 137 (2001)

References

• Carr, G.W. 1991. Indig. Fl. Fauna Assoc. Misc. Pap 1: 19.
• 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. 
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 90 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Caladenia versicolor in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Aug. 14. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2016. Caladenia versicolor in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Aug. 14.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Caladenia versicolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2016 Aug. 14.
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Caladenia versicolor. Published online. Accessed: 14. Aug. 2016.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia  Regional: Australia South Australia, Victoria. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

Vernacular names

English: Candy spider orchid

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