Caleana major

Caleana major

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Orchidoideae
Tribus: Diurideae
Subtribus: Drakaeinae
Genus: Caleana
Species: Caleana major

Name

Caleana major R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.: 329 (1810)

• Type species:

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Caleya major (R.Br.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 204 (1813)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Australasia Australia New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria. 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 329.
• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2001. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part one); page 139 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850710-0
  

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Caleana major. Accessed: 2021 Jul 9.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Caleana major in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jul 9. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Caleana major in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jul 9. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Caleana major. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jul 9. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Caleana major. Published online. Accessed: 9 Jul 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Caleana major. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Jul 9.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: উড়ন্ত হাঁস অর্কিড
English: Flying duck orchid
français: Orchidée canard volant
中文: 飛鴨

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