Caladenia dilatata

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Family Orchidaceae

Taxonomy: Caladenia dilatata R.Br.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)

Arachnorchis dilatata (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. (nomenclatural synonym)
Caladenia corynepetala D.L.Jones (taxonomic synonym)
Caladenia dilatata R.Br. subsp. dilatata (nomenclatural synonym)
Caladenia dilatata R.Br. var. dilatata (nomenclatural synonym)
Caladenia patersonii var. dilatata (R.Br.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
Caladenia simulans G.W.Carr (taxonomic synonym)
Caladenia sp. aff. tentaculata (Southern coastal) (taxonomic synonym)
Calonema corynepetala Szlach. (taxonomic synonym)
Calonema corynepetalum (D.L.Jones) Szlach. (taxonomic synonym)
Calonema dilatata Szlach. (nomenclatural synonym)
Calonema dilatatum (R.Br.) Szlach. (nomenclatural synonym)
Calonemorchis corynepetala (D.L.Jones) Szlach. (taxonomic synonym)
Calonemorchis dilatata (R.Br.) Szlach. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Caladenia necrophylla D.L.Jones (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (8), Angevin_2011 (2), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (1), Draper_2023 (3), Mokany_2015 (2), Purdie_1976 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (10), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (9), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (42), Williams_2011 (10), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 42 traits from 108 records in 17 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (4) [sources: Burrows_2020; Purdie_1976; White_2020]
post_fire_flowering (categorical): fire_enhanced_flowering (1) [sources: Yang_2023]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 9 mo (9-9 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 3141.59 mm2 (3141.59-3141.59 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
leaf_length (numerical): 83.33 mm (60-130 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 11.33 mm (6-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); oblong (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2); cam (1) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_form (categorical): geophyte (5) [sources: Cheal_2017; Purdie_1976; White_2020; Williams_2011]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2020; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
root_structure (categorical): orchid_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (2) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
pollination_system (categorical): biotic_specialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (5) [sources: Angevin_2011; Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
dispersers (categorical): wind (3) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyy (1); ynnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (2) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: White_2020]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
storage_organ (categorical): stem_tuber (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): fleshy_underground_organ (1) [sources: Burrows_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0 mg (0-0 mg) [sources: Angevin_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.31 m (0.1-0.5 m) [sources: Mokany_2015; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (2) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	21	42	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	7	10	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Williams_2011	10	10	R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
SAH_2023	8	9	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	6	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Burrows_2020	4	4	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Purdie_1976	3	3	R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Angevin_2011	2	2	T. Angevin. “Species richness and functional trait diversity response to land use in a temperate eucalypt woodland community”. Honours. La Trobe University, 2011.
Mokany_2015	2	2	K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Cheal_2017	1	1	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.