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

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2023. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Caladenia alata. Accessed: 2023 Nov 5.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Caladenia alata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Caladenia alata. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov 5. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Caladenia alata. Accessed: 5 Nov 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Caladenia alata. Published online. Accessed: 5 Nov 2023.
• New Zealand Native Orchid Group: Caladenia alata
• Tropicos.org 2023. Caladenia alata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Nov 2023.

Vernacular names

العربية: كلادينة جناحية
English: Fairy orchid

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