Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882), New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(433): 495 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "South Australia."

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 120 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Large-flowered

Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4): 154 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra grandis F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. common name: Great Sun Orchid [n/a]

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

• Etymology: "large-flowered"

Curtis, W.M. (15 August 1953), A census of the Orchids of Tasmania, 1953. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: 137 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 347 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 42 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelymitra aristata Lindl. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 138 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelymitra aristata Lindl. legitimate

Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 848 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra aristata Lindl. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 347

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 aristata Lindl. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882), New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(433): 495

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: 202 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra aristata (Adelaide Hills) legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. (1 July 2011), Resolution of the Thelymitra aristata (Orchidaceae) complex of south-eastern Australia. Muelleria 29(2): 120-121, Figs 1d, 2d, 6a-c [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra aristata (Adelaide Hills) legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA

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

misapplied to: Thelymitra aristata Lindl. legitimate by Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 347

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 440 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra grandiflora subsp. exposa R.J.Bates legitimate common name: Giant Sun Orchid [n/a]

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