Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 325 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Burnettia Lindl. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 253, 261 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 132 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek lyperos, mournful; anthos, flower: referring to the gloomy color."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 227 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 54-56 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 53 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Rimacola Rupp legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 470-471 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 184 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 93 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 30 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 341 [secondary reference]

common name: Beak Orchids [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 827 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 164, 166 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 412 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 90 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lyperanthus suaveolens R.Br. (here designated)."

taxonomic synonym: Fitzgeraldia F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. prov.

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 94, Figs 47-49 [secondary reference]

common name: Red beaks [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 217 [secondary reference]

common name: Rattle Beaks [n/a]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Lyperanthus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 211-212 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 751 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 164 [secondary reference]

common name: Beak Orchids [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 165 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "... not paricularly noticeable among vegetation because of the dull colour of the flowers. In fact the generic name reflects this feature, being derived from the Greek lyperos (mournful) and anthos (flower)."

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 164 [secondary reference]

common name: Beak Orchids [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 372 [secondary reference]

Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 217 [secondary reference]

common name: Beal orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "mournful flower, alluding to the dull-coloured flowers"

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

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 279 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek lyperos, sad, mournful and anthos, flower; reference to the dull, mournful colour of the flowers"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 507 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 261 [secondary reference]

common name: Rattle Beaks [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lyperanthus R.Br. sect. Lyperanthus legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 300 [secondary reference]

common name: Beak Orchids [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 34 [secondary reference]

common name: Rattle Beaks [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Greek lyperos (sad, mournful) and -anthos (flower), in reference to the dull coloured flowers."

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