Rogers, R.S. & White, C.T. (1921), Contributions to the orchidaceous flora of Queensland, No. 2: A revised account of the Queensland species of Habenaria with a key to the Australian members of the genus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 32: 140 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Dunk Island, E.J. Banfield."

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 32-33 [secondary reference]

Lavarack, P.S. (7 May 1981), Notes on Queensland Orchidaceae, 2. Austrobaileya 1(4): 380 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Peristylus candidus J.J.Sm. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 103 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Peristylus candidus J.J.Sm. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 226 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Peristylus candidus J.J.Sm. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Peristylus candidus J.J.Sm. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 610 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Peristylus candidus J.J.Sm. legitimate

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