Caladenia aurulenta

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Caladenia aurulenta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Orchidoideae
Tribe: Diurideae
Genus: Caladenia
Species:
C. aurulenta
Binomial name
Caladenia aurulenta
Synonyms [1]

Arachnorchis aurulenta D.L.Jones

Caladenia aurulenta is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It was first formally described in 2005 by David Jones, who gave it the name Arachnorchis aurulenta and published the description in The Orchadian from a specimen collected in the Gawler Ranges. [2] In 2008, Robert Bates changed the name to Caladenia aurulenta. [1] [3] The specific epithet (aurulenta) is a Latin word meaning "golden", "made of gold" or "ornamented with gold". [4] Caladenia aurulenta occurs in the northern part of the Eyre Peninsula. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Caladenia aurulenta". APNI. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  2. "Arachnorchis aurulenta". APNI. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  3. Bates, Robert John (2008). "New combinations in Pterostylis and Caladenia and other name changes in the Orchidaceae of South Australia" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 22: 102. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  4. Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 372.
  5. "Census of South Australian Plants - Caladenia". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 8 April 2017.