Type species?

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One paper has the statement in its abstract "The valid type for Caladenia is C. carnea, while that for Caladenia sect. Calonema is C. longicauda"[1] however Robert Brown who gave the first formal description of the genus did not specify a type species.[2][3] The abstract should read: "The valid type for Subgenus Caladenia is C. carnea...." Gderrin (talk)

References

  1. ^ Hopper, Stephen D.; Brown, Andrew 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. doi:10.1071/SB03002.
  2. ^ "Caladenia". APNI. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae. London. pp. 321–322. Retrieved 23 June 2016.