# Elythranthera

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Species of orchid

***Elythranthera***, commonly known as **enamel orchids**, is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant) in the orchid family, [Orchidaceae](/source/Orchidaceae). It contains two species and a named hybrid, all [endemic](/source/Endemic) to the [south-west of Western Australia](/source/Southwest_Australia). The genus was first formally described in 1963 by the Australian botanist [Alex George](/source/Alex_George_(botanist)) who published his description in *Western Australian Naturalist*.

Two species are recognised:

- *[Elythranthera brunonis](/source/Elythranthera_brunonis)* ([Endl.](/source/Endl.)) A.S.George[1] - purple enamel orchid;

- *[Elythranthera emarginata](/source/Elythranthera_emarginata)* ([Lindl.](/source/Lindl.)) A.S.George [2] - pink enamel orchid.

A hybrid between the two species was known as *Elythranthera x intermedia*. ([Fitzg.](/source/Fitzg.)) M.A.Clem [3]

In 2015, as a result of studies of [molecular phylogenetics](/source/Molecular_phylogenetics),[4] [Mark Clements](/source/Mark_Alwin_Clements) transferred the two *Elythranthera* species to *[Caladenia](/source/Caladenia)* but the change is not accepted by the [Australian Plant Census](/source/Australian_Plant_Census), nor by the [Western Australian Herbarium](/source/Western_Australian_Herbarium).[5]

[Plants of the World Online](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) lists *Elythranthera* as a synonym of *[Caladenia](/source/Caladenia)*.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-APNI(1)_1-0)** ["*Elythranthera brunonis*"](https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/476907). APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-APNI(3)_2-0)** ["*Elythranthera emarginata*"](https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/476937). APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-APNI(5)_3-0)** ["*Elythranthera x intermedia*"](https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/476937). APNI. Retrieved 16 April 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-AJB_4-0)** Clements, Mark A.; Howard, Christopher G.; Miller, Joseph T. (13 April 2015). ["Caladenia revisited: Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses of Caladeniinae plastid and nuclear loci"](https://doi.org/10.3732%2Fajb.1500021). *American Journal of Botany*. **102** (4): 581–597. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3732/ajb.1500021](https://doi.org/10.3732%2Fajb.1500021). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [25878091](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25878091).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FloraBase_5-0)** ["*Elythranthera*"](https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/21275). *[FloraBase](/source/FloraBase)*. Western Australian Government [Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions](/source/Department_of_Biodiversity%2C_Conservation_and_Attractions).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-POWO_6-0)** ["*Caladenia*"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:28913-1#synonyms). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

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