''Caladenia aurulenta'' is a plant in the orchid family

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and is

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. It was first formally described in 2005 by David Jones, who gave it the name ''Arachnorchis aurulenta'' and published the description in ''The Orchadian'' from a specimen collected in the Gawler Ranges. In 2008, Robert Bates changed the name to ''Caladenia aurulenta''. The

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(''aurulenta'') is a

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word meaning "golden", "made of gold" or "ornamented with gold". ''Caladenia aurulenta'' occurs in the northern part of the

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aurulenta Plants described in 2005 Endemic orchids of Australia Orchids of South Australia Taxa named by David L. Jones (botanist) Taxa named by Robert John Bates {{Orchidoideae-stub