| Caladenia caesarea | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Orchidoideae |
| Tribe: | Diurideae |
| Genus: | Caladenia |
| Species: | C. caesarea |
| Binomial name | |
| Caladenia caesarea | |
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Caladenia caesarea is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a ground orchid with a single erect, hairy leaf and up to three mustard-coloured or lemon-yellow flowers.
Description
Caladenia caesarea is a terrestrial, perennial, deciduous, sympodial herb with a single, erect, hairy leaf 100–180 mm (3.9–7.1 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide. The plant is 150–350 mm (5.9–13.8 in) high with up to three mustard-coloured or lemon-yellow flowers with a brownish-red labellum, with two rows of glossy yellow calli along its mid-line. The flowers are 50–100 mm (2.0–3.9 in) long and 40–70 mm (1.6–2.8 in) wide.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
This orchid was first formally described in 1912 by Karel Domin who gave it the name Caladenia filamentosa var. caesarea in the Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany from specimens collected by Arthur Dorrien-Smith near Bridgetown in 1909.[5] In 1989, Mark Clements and Stephen Hopper raised the variety to species status as Caladenia caesarea in Australian Orchid Research.[6]
In 2001, Hopper and Andrew Brown described three subspecies of C. caesarea in the journal Nuytsia, and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
- Caladenia caesarea (Domin) M.A.Clem. & Hopper subsp. caesarea[7] - mustard spider orchid, has a protruding labellum tip, the lateral sepals 45–80 mm (1.8–3.1 in) long and 3.0–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in) wide, the petals 45–65 mm (1.8–2.6 in) long and the labellum 12–16 mm (0.47–0.63 in) long and 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) wide.[4]
- Caladenia caesarea subsp. maritima M.A.Clem. & Hopper[8] - cape spider orchid, has a protruding labellum tip, the lateral sepals 23–60 mm (0.91–2.36 in) long and 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) wide, the petals 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long and the labellum 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long and 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) wide.[4]
- Caladenia caesarea subsp. transiens[9] has the labellum evenly curved downwards.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Subspecies caesarea grows in seasonally wet areas between Wagin, Tenterden and Busselton in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[4][10] Subspecies maritima grows on granite and rock outcrops and is restricted to the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and Ludlow areas of the Jarrah Forest bioregion,[4][11] and subsp. transiens grows in shallow soil in open mallee in disjunct locations in the Jarrah Forest bioregion.[4][12]
References
- 1 2 "Caladenia caesarea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ Brown, Andrew P.; Dixon, Kingsley W.; French, Christopher; Brockman, Garry (2013). Field guide to the orchids of Western Australia : the definitive guide to the native orchids of Western Australia. Floreat, W.A.: Simon Neville Publications. pp. 53–54. ISBN 9780980348149.
- ↑ Hoffman, Noel; Brown, Andrew (2011). Orchids of South-West Australia (3rd ed.). Gooseberry Hill: Noel Hoffman. pp. 75–76. ISBN 9780646562322.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brown, Andrew P.; Hopper, Stephen (2001). "Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 2. New taxa and circumscriptions in Caladenia". Nuytsia. 14 (1/2): 199–203. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "Caladenia filamentosa var. caesarea". APNI. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "Caladenia caesarea". APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ "Caladenia caesarea subsp. caesarea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "Caladenia caesarea subsp. maritima". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "Caladenia caesarea subsp. transiens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "Caladenia caesarea subsp. caesarea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ↑ "Caladenia caesarea subsp. maritima". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ↑ "Caladenia caesarea subsp. transiens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.