Mark Alwin Clements

Australian botanist (born 1949).

Mark Alwin Clements (b. 1949) is an Australian botanist and orchidologist. He obtained his doctorate at the Australian National University defending his thesis Reproductive Biology in Relation to Phylogeny of the Orchidaceae, Especially the Tribe Diurideae. In 2008, Clements was a researcher at the Center for Research on Plant Biodiversity at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra. As of January 2012, it had identified and classified 1,992 new species.

Abbreviations: M.A.Clem.

Occupations: botanist

Citizenships: Australia

Languages: English

Dates: 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z

Direct attributions: 300 plants, 0 fungi

Authorship mentions: 326 plants, 0 fungi

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300 plants attributed, 26 plants contributed to326 plants:

Pyrorchis (Beak Orchids) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1995

plant genus in the orchidaceae family

Pyrorchis, commonly known as beak orchids, is a genus of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. It contains two species which were previously included in the genus Lyperanthus, also known as beak orchids. Both species have fleshy, oval leaves and form colonies which flower profusely after bushfires.

Bulbophyllum cootesii M.A.Clem. 1999

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Bulbophyllum cootesii is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.

Caladenia caesarea (Mustard Spider Orchid) (Domin) M.A.Clem. & Hopper 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia caesarea is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a ground orchid with a single erect, hairy leaf and up to three mustard-coloured or lemon-yellow flowers.

Caladenia actensis (Canberra Spider Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1999

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia actensis, commonly known as the Canberra spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to the Australian Capital Territory. It has a single leaf and usually only one greenish flower with red markings and only occurs in three small populations.

Thelymitra gregaria (Clumping Sun Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1998

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Thelymitra gregaria, commonly called clumping sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to Victoria, Australia. It has a single fleshy, channelled leaf and up to six strongly scented, dark blue to purple flowers and often grows in clumps.

Thelymitra apiculata (Cleopatra's Needles) (A.S.George) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Thelymitra apiculata, commonly called Cleopatra's needles, is a species of orchid in the family Orchidaceae and endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single erect, curved, dark green leaf with a purplish base and up to twelve purplish flowers with darker blotches and golden yellow edges. There are two yellow arms on the sides of the column, each ending with a needle-like point.

Rhizanthella slateri (Underground Orchid) (Rupp) M.A.Clem. & P.J.Cribb 1984

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Rhizanthella slateri, commonly known as the eastern underground orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a mycoheterotrophic herb that spends most of its life under the soil surface, its flowers only sometimes appearing a few millimetres about ground level.

Rhizanthella omissa D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2006

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Rhizanthella omissa is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family and is found in the Lamington National Park in Queensland. It is a subterranean herb that grows in casuarina forest and flowers underground. It was first formally described in 2006 by David Jones and Mark Clements in the journal The Orchadian. The species is listed as "endangered" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.

Pheladenia D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2001

plant genus in the orchidaceae family

Pheladenia deformis, commonly known as blue fairy orchid or blue beard is the only species of the flowering plant genus Pheladenia in the orchid family, Orchidaceae and is endemic to Australia. It was originally named as Caladenia deformis and has since had several name changes. Plants have a single, narrow, hairy leaf and usually blue flowers with relatively short, broad sepals and petals and an unusual labellum.

Orthoceras novaezeelandiae (New Zealand Horned Orchid) (A.Rich.) M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Orthoceras novae-zeelandiae, commonly known as the New Zealand horned orchid, is a species of orchid native to New Zealand. In Māori it is called hūperei or perei.

Oberonia crateriformis (Cratered Fairy Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 2006

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Oberonia crateriformis, commonly known as the cratered fairy orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is a clump-forming epiphyte or lithophyte. It has between four and six leaves in a fan-like arrangement on each shoot and a large number of pale red flowers arranged in whorls of eight around the flowering stem. It is endemic to Queensland.

Oberonia complanata (Yellow-flowered King) (A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Oberonia complanata, commonly known as the southern green fairy orchid or yellow-flowered king of the fairies, is a plant in the orchid family and is a clump-forming epiphyte. It has between three and eight leaves in a fan-like arrangement on each shoot and up to three hundred tiny cream-coloured or greenish flowers arranged in whorls around the flowering stem. It is endemic to eastern Australia.

Diuris chrysantha (Tableland Donkey Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1987

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Diuris chrysantha, commonly known as granite donkey orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has one or two leaves and up to seven deep golden to orange-coloured flowers with brown markings and occurs on the ranges and tablelands north from Tamworth to the Darling Downs.

Dipodium roseum (Rosy Hyacinth Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1991

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Dipodium roseum, commonly known as rosy hyacinth-orchid or pink hyacinth-orchid, is a leafless saprophytic orchid found in east and south-eastern Australia. In summer it produces a tall flowering stem with up to fifty pale pink flowers with small, dark red spots. A widespread and common species it is often confused with D. punctatum but has darker, less heavily spotted flowers.

Cyrtostylis robusta (Large Gnat Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1987

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Cyrtostylis robusta, commonly known as large gnat-orchid or mosquito orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to southern Australia. It usually has a single more or less round leaf and a flowering spike with up to seven reddish flowers with a shelf-like labellum.

Corybas incurvus (Slaty Helmet Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1988

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Corybas incurvus, commonly known as the slaty helmet orchid, is a species of terrestrial orchid endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a broad egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaf and a dark purple flower with a white patch in the middle.

Corybas acuminatus (Dancing Spider Orchid) M.A.Clem. & Hatch 1985

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Corybas acuminatus, commonly known as the dancing spider orchid or helmet flower, is a species of terrestrial orchid endemic to New Zealand. It has a triangular, sharply pointed leaf and a small translucent, greenish-white flower with purple markings and with very long sepals. It is found on both the main islands of New Zealand and also some of the off-shore islands.

Chiloglottis sylvestris (Small Wasp Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1987

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Chiloglottis sylvestris, commonly known as small wasp orchid, is a small, delicate species of orchid endemic to eastern Australia. It has two dark green leaves and a single greenish pink flower with a reddish black, insect-like callus surrounded by fine, radiating, red, club-shaped calli on two-thirds of the base of the labellum.

Chiloglottis palachila (Spade-lipped Wasp Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1991

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Chiloglottis palachila, commonly known as the spade-lipped wasp orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to some of the higher places in northern New South Wales. It has two leaves and a single green to greenish pink flower with a black, ant-like callus on the base of the labellum. The tips of the lateral sepals have distinctive swollen, brown glandular tips.

Caladenia valida (Robust Spider Orchid) (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia valida, commonly known as the robust spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a ground orchid with a single sparsely hairy leaf and up to three white to cream-coloured flowers which sometimes have red streaks. It is similar to Caladenia reticulata but is larger and taller with more stiffly spreading lateral sepals and petals.

Caladenia rhomboidiformis (Diamond Spider Orchid) (E.Coleman) M.A.Clem. & Hopper 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia rhomboidiformis, commonly known as the diamond spider orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has a single erect, hairy leaf and one or two green, yellow and red flowers. Until 1971 It was known as a variety of the green comb spider orchid Caladenia dilatata then, until 1989 as a variety of the clubbed spider orchid, Caladenia longiclavata.

Caladenia fuscata (Dusky Fingers) (Rchb.f.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia fuscata, commonly known as dusky fingers, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern and south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is a small ground orchid found in eucalyptus woodland and which flowers in September and October.

Caladenia falcata (Fringed Mantis Orchid) (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & Hopper 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia falcata, commonly known as fringed mantis orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a relatively common orchid within its natural range and has a single, hairy leaf and one or two green, yellow and red flowers with spreading petals and upswept lateral sepals.

Caladenia chlorostyla (White Fingers) D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem. 1997

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia chlorostyla is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It is a ground orchid with a single narrow, sparsely hairy leaf and a thin wiry stem usually bearing one pale mauve, pinkish or white flower.

Caladenia bartlettii (Mauve Fingers) (Hatch) D.L.Jones, Molloy & M.A.Clem. 1997

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia bartlettii is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It is a ground orchid with a single narrow, hairy leaf and a thin wiry stem usually bearing one short-lived mauve to pink flower.

Caladenia atroclavia (Black-clubbed Spider Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1988

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Caladenia atroclavia, commonly known as the black-clubbed spider orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is a ground orchid with a single hairy leaf and a pale greenish-cream coloured flower with dark purple clubs and red patches on the petals.

Caladenia aperta (Cyanicula Aperta) (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. 2015

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Cyanicula aperta, commonly known as the western tiny blue china orchid, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has a relatively narrow leaf and a single bluish-mauve flower. It is distinguished from the other two similar blue orchids by the sides of the labellum which are erect but well-separated from the column. This species also has a more easterly distribution than C. amplexans and C. sericea.

Bryobium queenslandicum (Dingy Urchin Orchid) (T.E.Hunt) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 2002

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Bryobium queenslandicum, commonly known as the dingy urchin orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic clump-forming orchid that has cylindrical, fleshy green pseudobulbs, each with two leaves and between three and twelve small, self-pollinating, cream-coloured or pinkish flowers. This orchid only occurs in tropical North Queensland.

Thelymitra simulata (Collared Sun Orchid) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 1998

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Thelymitra simulata, commonly called collared sun orchid, is a species of orchid that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a single fleshy, channelled leaf and up to six blue flowers with small darker spots. It grows in higher altitudes places part and the flowers have a purple lobe with a yellow tip on top of the anther.

Thelymitra malvina (Mauve-tufted Sun Orchid) M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & Molloy 1989

plant species in the orchidaceae family

Thelymitra malvina, commonly known as mauve-tufted sun orchid, is a species of orchid, native to eastern Australia and New Zealand. It has a single large, fleshy leaf and up to twenty-five blue to mauve flowers with pink or mauve tufts on top of the anther.

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