Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 315 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(M.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 112 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (May 1888), Supplement to the enumeration of Victorian plants, comprising the species added since Part II. of the key to the system of our native vegetation was published, with addition of a few species inadvertently before omitted. The Victorian Naturalist 5(1): 15 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (13 May 1889), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 4: 7 [secondary reference]

Sargent, O.H. (1906), Orchids occurring in York. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2(3): 11 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 121 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Brown-yellow.

Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4): 159 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 215-216 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "brown-yellow"

Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 7-8, pl. 38 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 354 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 194 [secondary reference]

• Type: King George Sound, R. Brown, Dec. 1801 - holo.: BM.

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2137-2138 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 842 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra stellata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra dedmaniarum R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Leopard Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 295 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 139 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Found in the way going upon the hills from Princess Royal harbour to Bald Head, King Georges Sound, S.W. coast of New Holland', 2 Jan. 1802, F. Bauer s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, icon BM!)."

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 241 [secondary reference]

common name: Chestnut Sun Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 241 [secondary reference]

common name: Chestnut Sun Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 91 [secondary reference]

common name: Leopard Orchid [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 387 [secondary reference]

common name: Chestnut Sun Orchid [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [secondary reference]

common name: Leopard Orchid [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 28 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 315

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: 201 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 315

Jeanes, J.A. (22 November 2006), Resolution of the Thelymitra fuscolutea R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex of southern Australia. Muelleria 24: 11-13, Fig. 2 [secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 310 [secondary reference]

common name: Chestnut sun orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "dusky and yellow, alluding to the colour of the flower"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 287 [secondary reference]

common name: Chestnut Sun Orchid [n/a]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 242, 244-245, photos 5-7 [secondary reference]

common name: Leopard Orchid [n/a]

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: 49, 134 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Thelymitra fuscolutea R.Br. var. fuscolutea legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

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

misapplied to: Thelymitra benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 7-8, pl. 38

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 354

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra benthamiana Rchb.f. legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2137-2138

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 456 [secondary reference]

common name: Chestnut Sun Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 228 [secondary reference]

common name: Chestnut Sun Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin fusco (dark or dark brown) and -luteus (deep yellow, golden yellow), in reference to the contrasting brown and yellow flowers."

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