Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(2): 42 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Arthrochilus irritabilis F.Muell.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Drakaea Lindl. legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 42 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spiculaea Lindl. legitimate

Blaxell, D.F. (14 December 1972), Arthrochilus F.Muell. and related genera (Orchidaceae) in Australasia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 275-283 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 89 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 26 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 138 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 366 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 13 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991), New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2: 8-13 [secondary reference]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Arthrochilus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 195 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 88 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 798 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 124 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchids [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 45 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "... refers to the jointed, elbow-like labellum and is derived from the Greek arthros (jointed) and cheilos (lip)."

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 124 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchids [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 456 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drakaea sect. Akaedra Schltr. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 355 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "joint lip, alluding to the hinged labellum"

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

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 70 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Phoringopsis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 14 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Arthrochilus F.Muell. subg. Arthrochilus legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 2616-262 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchids [n/a]

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