Nicholls, W.H. (1942), A new genus of Australian orchids. The Victorian Naturalist 59: 173-175, fig. [tax. nov.]

• Type: Drymoanthus minutus Nicholls

• Etymology: "From Drymos, a forest, and anthos, a flower; alluding to the habitat of the species."

Dockrill, A.W. (19 September 1967), Australasian Sarcanthinae: 32 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 797-799 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 536-537 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 73 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 887 [secondary reference]

Molloy, B.P.J. & St George, I.M. (1994), A new species of Drymoanthus (Orchidaceae) from New Zealand, and typification of D. adversus. New Zealand Journal of Botany 32: 415-421 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Clements, M.A., Jones, D.L. & Banks, D.P. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 4: subtribe Aeridinae. Australian Orchid Review 84(2): 28 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 713 [secondary reference]

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