Caladenia clarkiae — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Caladenia

At a glance

Occurrence records164

Data sources4

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Caladenia clarkiae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility164 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF164 records

01Narrative

Caladenia clarkiae, commonly known as pink caps, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a ground orchid which grows singly or in small groups in Victoria and New South Wales. It has a single leaf and usually one or two white to pale pink flowers with darker pink tips.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology5

Leaf length60 mm

Leaf width2 mm

Plant height0.11 m

Plant height max0.17 m

Plant height min0.05 m

Life cycle & reproduction9

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timennnnnnnnyynn

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Reproductive maturity2 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type164 records

Wild obs. + sensor79

Museum / vouchered85

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO388 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy41% within 1 km

≤100 m 19≤1 km 10≤10 km 39>10 km 3

71 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor79

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy31% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 21≤10 km 47>10 km 11

84 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence85

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	49
Canberra, AU	29
Mount Annan, AU	4
Adelaide, AU	2
Smithfield, AU	1

5 institutions · 85 of 85 vouchered records shown