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): 278, Pl. A1, Figs D1, D2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Waterfall Creek, South Alligator River, Northern Territory, N. Byrnes 1530, 2.4.1969 (NSW 88430), located in the National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney."

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 57 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 138-139 [secondary reference]

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

• Type: "... (holotype NSW!, iso DNA!)."

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 100-101 [secondary reference]

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): 457 [basionym]

basionym of: Phoringopsis byrnesii (Blaxell) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 356 [secondary reference]

common name: Spinifex orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "named for Norman Byrnes who first collected the species"

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): 15 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phoringopsis byrnesii (Blaxell) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 4, 81, 124 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Phoringopsis byrnesii (Blaxell) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30: 344 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phoringopsis byrnesii (Blaxell) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 16 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 284 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phoringopsis byrnesii (Blaxell) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D. & Clements, M.A. (12 August 2022), A revision of Orchidaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia with new species of tropical Calochilus and Dipodium. Telopea 25: 255 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Northern Territory: Waterfall Creek, South Alligator R., 2 April 1969, N.Byrnes 1530 (holo: NSW 88430; iso: DNA D0002669*; NT D0002669*)."

Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D. & Clements, M.A. (12 August 2022), A revision of Orchidaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia with new species of tropical Calochilus and Dipodium. Telopea 25: 255 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phoringopsis byrnesii (Blaxell) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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