Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Census of the genera of plants hitherto known as indigenous to Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 15: 229, 298 [index] [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: Mueller cites this name as "Sullivania, F. v. Mueller, inedited" and provides a brief diagnosis. This was interpreted by Hopper & Brown, Austral. Syst. Bot. 19(3): 215 (2006), as being a provisional name and thus not validly published. However, as Mueller provided the place of publication for all other generic names in this work and lists Sullivania among the accepted names in the index, his use of "inedited" is here interpreted as an indication that the name had not been previously published. The diagnosis provided is sufficient for valid publication of the name under ICN Art. 38.1 (Shenzhen Code, 2018).

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2005), Miscellaneous nomenclature notes and changes in Australian, New Guinea and New Zealand Orchidaceae. The Orchadian 15(1): 36 [secondary reference]

• Type: Caleya sullivanii F. Muell.

taxonomic synonym: Paracaleana Blaxell legitimate

• Text: "Sullivania is an overlooked name for Paracaleana that was legally published in 1882."

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 215 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Given the significant doubt associated with the publication of Sullivania, we consider it best to regard it and the recent combinations made under this generic epithet as nomen dubium."

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 214 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Paracaleana Blaxell 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): 15 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caleana R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Caleana R.Br. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 286-287 [secondary reference]

common name: Small Duck Orchids [n/a]

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (19 November 2021), Notes on Australasian Orchidaceae 7: updates on the nomenclature of Sullivania (Diurideae: Drakaeinae). Lankesteriana 21(3): 313 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paracaleana Blaxell legitimate

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