# Caladenia
## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* Calda. (abbreviation)

### Etymology

The name (Caladenia) is derived from the Ancient Greek words kalos meaning "beautiful" and aden meaning "a gland" referring to the colourful labellum of the orchids in this genus.

### Proper noun

Caladenia f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Orchidaceae – most of the orchids called spider orchids.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Orchidaceae – family; Orchidoideae - subfamily; Diurideae - tribe; Caladeniinae - subtribe

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Caladenia carnea - type species; Caladenia abbreviata, Caladenia actensis, Caladenia aestiva, Caladenia alata, Caladenia amnicola, Caladenia amoena, Caladenia ampla, Caladenia ancylosa, Caladenia anthracina, Caladenia applanata, Caladenia arenaria, Caladenia arenicola, Caladenia argocalla, Caladenia armata, Caladenia arrecta, Caladenia atradenia, Caladenia atrata, Caladenia atrochila, Caladenia atroclavia, Caladenia atrovespa, Caladenia attenuata, Caladenia attingens, Caladenia audasii, Caladenia aurantiaca, Caladenia aurulenta, Caladenia australis, Caladenia barbarella, Caladenia barbarossa, Caladenia bartlettii, Caladenia behrii, Caladenia bicalliata, Caladenia brachyscapa, Caladenia branwhitei, Caladenia brevisura, Caladenia brownii, Caladenia brumalis, Caladenia bryceana, Caladenia busselliana, Caladenia cadyi, Caladenia caesarea, Caladenia cairnsiana, Caladenia calcicola, Caladenia callitrophila, Caladenia calyciformis, Caladenia campbellii, Caladenia capillata, Caladenia cardiochila, Caladenia catenata, Caladenia caudata, Caladenia chamaephylla, Caladenia chapmanii, Caladenia chlorostyla, Caladenia christineae, Caladenia citrina, Caladenia clarkiae, Caladenia clavescens, Caladenia clavigera, Caladenia clavula, Caladenia cleistantha, Caladenia coactilis, Caladenia colorata, Caladenia concinna, Caladenia concolor, Caladenia conferta, Caladenia congesta, Caladenia corynephora, Caladenia cracens, Caladenia crebra, Caladenia cremna, Caladenia cretacea, Caladenia cristata, Caladenia cruciformis, Caladenia cruscula, Caladenia cucullata, Caladenia curtisepala, Caladenia decora, Caladenia denticulata, Caladenia dienema, Caladenia dilatata, Caladenia dimidia, Caladenia dimorpha, Caladenia discoidea, Caladenia dorrienii, Caladenia douglasiorum, Caladenia doutchiae, Caladenia drakeoides, Caladenia drummondii, Caladenia dundasiae, Caladenia echidnachila, Caladenia elegans, Caladenia ensata, Caladenia ensigera, Caladenia erythrochila, Caladenia evanescens, Caladenia excelsa, Caladenia exilis, Caladenia exstans, Caladenia falcata, Caladenia ferruginea, Caladenia filamentosa, Caladenia filifera, Caladenia fitzgeraldii, Caladenia flaccida, Caladenia flava, Caladenia flavovirens, Caladenia flindersica, Caladenia footeana, Caladenia formosa, Caladenia fragrantissima, Caladenia fuliginosa, Caladenia fulva, Caladenia fuscata, Caladenia fuscolutescens, Caladenia gardneri, Caladenia georgei, Caladenia gladiolata, Caladenia gracilis, Caladenia gracillima, Caladenia graminifolia, Caladenia grampiana, Caladenia graniticola, Caladenia granitora, Caladenia harringtoniae, Caladenia hastata, Caladenia heberleana, Caladenia helvina, Caladenia hiemalis, Caladenia hillmanii, Caladenia hirta, Caladenia hoffmanii, Caladenia horistes, Caladenia huegelii, Caladenia incensa, Caladenia incrassata, Caladenia infundibularis, Caladenia insularis, Caladenia integra, Caladenia interanea, Caladenia interjacens, Caladenia intuta, Caladenia iridescens, Caladenia latifolia, Caladenia leptochila, Caladenia leptoclavia, Caladenia lindleyana, Caladenia lobata, Caladenia lodgeana, Caladenia longicauda, Caladenia longiclavata, Caladenia longifimbriata, Caladenia longii, Caladenia lorea, Caladenia lowanensis, Caladenia luteola, Caladenia lyallii, Caladenia macroclavia, Caladenia macrostylis, Caladenia magniclavata, Caladenia magnifica, Caladenia marginata, Caladenia maritima, Caladenia melanema, Caladenia mentiens, Caladenia meridionalis, Caladenia mesocera, Caladenia microchila, Caladenia minor, Caladenia montana, Caladenia moschata, Caladenia multiclavia, Caladenia nana, Caladenia necrophylla, Caladenia nivalis, Caladenia nobilis, Caladenia nothofageti, Caladenia occidentalis, Caladenia oenochila, Caladenia oreophila, Caladenia orestes, Caladenia orientalis, Caladenia ornata, Caladenia osmera, Caladenia ovata, Caladenia pachychila, Caladenia pallida, Caladenia paludosa, Caladenia paradoxa, Caladenia parva, Caladenia patersonii, Caladenia pectinata, Caladenia peisleyi, Caladenia pendens, Caladenia petrensis, Caladenia phaeoclavia, Caladenia pholcoidea, Caladenia picta, Caladenia pilotensis, Caladenia plicata, Caladenia polychroma, Caladenia postea, Caladenia procera, Caladenia prolata, Caladenia pulchra, Caladenia pumila, Caladenia pusilla, Caladenia quadrifaria, Caladenia radialis, Caladenia radiata, Caladenia remota, Caladenia reptans, Caladenia reticulata, Caladenia rhomboidiformis, Caladenia richardsiorum, Caladenia rigens, Caladenia rigida, Caladenia rileyi, Caladenia robinsonii, Caladenia roei, Caladenia rosella, Caladenia saccata, Caladenia saggicola, Caladenia sanguinea, Caladenia saxatilis, Caladenia saxicola, Caladenia septuosa, Caladenia serotina, Caladenia sigmoidea, Caladenia speciosa, Caladenia splendens, Caladenia startiorum, Caladenia stellata, Caladenia stricta, Caladenia strigosa, Caladenia subtilis, Caladenia sylvicola, Caladenia tensa, Caladenia tentaculata, Caladenia tessellata, Caladenia testacea, Caladenia thinicola, Caladenia thysanochila, Caladenia tonellii, Caladenia toxochila, Caladenia transitoria, Caladenia uliginosa, Caladenia ultima, Caladenia ustulata, Caladenia valida, Caladenia variegata, Caladenia venusta, Caladenia verrucosa, Caladenia versicolor, Caladenia villosissima, Caladenia viridescens, Caladenia voigtii, Caladenia vulgaris, Caladenia vulgata, Caladenia wanosa, Caladenia whiteheadii, Caladenia williamsiae, Caladenia winfieldii, Caladenia woolcockiorum, Caladenia xantha, Caladenia xanthochila, Caladenia xantholeuca, Caladenia zephyra (species)

### References

* ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956) The Composition of Scientific Words, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, page 131
* ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956) The Composition of Scientific Words, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, page 369
* ↑ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000) CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names (Volume 1: A - C), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 389
* Caladenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Spider orchid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Caladenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Caladenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Caladenia at USDA Plants database
* Caladenia at the Catalogue of Life
* Caladenia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Caladenia at The Plant List