Reader, F.M. (1898), Contributions to the Flora of Victoria. No. IV. The Victorian Naturalist 14: 163-164 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Flowers April to August. Mallee fringe, lowan, dimboola Shire; Miss Felice Reader, 1892 (rare). Mr. C. Walter found this species farther north shortly after the plant was discovered near Dimboola."

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 127-128 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Dusky-green

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 222 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "dusky-green"

George, A.S. (1961), Notes of Western Australian Orchidaceae; 1. reduction of five species to synonymy. Western Australian Naturalist 8(2): 39 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Prasophyllum horburyanum Rupp legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 90 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 188 [secondary reference]

• Type: Lowan, Dimboola Shire, Miss F. Reader, 1892 - holo.: MEL.

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 188 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 114 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Prasophyllum nigricans R.Br. legitimate

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 1989), Reinterpretation of the genus Genoplesium R.Br. (Orchidaceae: Prasophyllinae). Lindleyana 4(3): 143 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Genoplesium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 166 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Genoplesium. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 889 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Genoplesium 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: 24 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Corunastylis 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: 197 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2018), Newly recognised and reinstated species of Corunastylis Fitzg. (Orchidaceae: Prasophyllinae), with a proposed infrageneric classification of the genus. Australian Orchid Review 83(1): 53 [basionym]

basionym of: Corunastylis fuscoviridis (Reader) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

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

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 382 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis fuscoviridis (Reader) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corunastylis fuscoviridis (Reader) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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