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

• Type: (J.M.) v.v.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 19 [secondary reference]

Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 67, adnot. [basionym]

basionym of: Caladenia nigricans (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 90 [secondary reference]

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

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 202 [secondary reference]

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

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 132-133, Fig. 32, B. [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Becoming black when dry."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 227, Fig. 298B [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 54-55, Pl. 8 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nigricans (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate misapplication: Leptoceras pectinata Lindl. legitimate by Endlicher, S.F.L. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Orchideae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 6-7

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

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 175, 184 [secondary reference]

• Type: Port Jackson, R.Brown, Oct. 1803 - holo.: BM, iso.: K.

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nigricans (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lyperanthus nigricans f. pumila Domin legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 93-94, Pl. 15 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Beaks [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nigricans (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptoceras pectinata Lindl. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 344-345 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Beaks [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]

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: 828 [secondary reference]

common name: Red Beak Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 166-167 [secondary reference]

common name: Undertaker Orchid [n/a] common name: Red Beaks [n/a]

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

• Lectotype: 'Port Jackson; Sydney', Oct. 1803, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated)."

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia nigricans (R.Br.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lyperanthus nigricans f. pumila Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lyperanthus nigricans f. typica Domin nom. inval.

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 94-96 (fig., map), Plates 116-117 [secondary reference]

common name: undertaker orchid [n/a] common name: fire orchid [n/a] common name: Red beaks [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Burnettia nigricans N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. common name: Undertaker Orchid [n/a] common name: Red Beaks [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 751-752, Fig. 148c-d [secondary reference]

common name: Red-beaks [n/a]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (1994), Pyrorchis, a new genus of Orchidaceae from Australia. Phytologia 77(6): 449 [basionym]

basionym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), Introduction and the genera Acianthus, Arthrochilus, X Calassodia, Calochilus, Corybas, Cyrtostylis, Dipodium, Dockrillia, Gastrodia, Leptoceras, Microtis, Pyrorchis and Townsonia. Australian Orchid Research 3: 12 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 250 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 23 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 201 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 242 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 302 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrorchis nigricans (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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