Caladenia atrovespa

Thin-clubbed mantis orchid
Caladenia atrovespa growing on Black Mountain in the A.C.T.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily:Orchidoideae
Tribe:Diurideae
Genus:Caladenia
Species: C. atrochila
Binomial name
Caladenia atrochila
D.L.Jones [1]
Synonyms[1]

Arachnorchis atrovespa (D.L.Jones) D.L.Jones & G.N.Backh.

Caladenia atrovespa, commonly known as the thin-clubbed mantis orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, herb with an underground tuber and a single hairy leaf. The species was first formally described by David Jones in 2008 and given the name Arachnorchis atrovespa from a specimen collected on Black Mountain in the Australian Capital Territory. The description was published in The Orchadian.[2] In 2010, Gary Backhouse changed the name to Caladenia atrovespa.[1] The specific epithet (atrovespa) is derived from the Latin words atra meaning "black"[3]:148 and vespa meaning "wasp".[3]:835

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Caladenia atrovespa". APNI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Arachnorchis atrovespa". APNI. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
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