Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 141 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Just south of Wilkin, South west Victoria, 37°44′04"S, 141°13′10"E about 21 km NNW of Dartmoore, on main north-south road to the west of Glenelg River; at its junction with an unmade road to the east, Victorian plant grid D 38, 28 Oct. 1985, G.W. Carr 10423 (holo MEL! spirit collection 1615B)."

misapplication: Thelymitra nuda R.Br. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (October 1879), Australian Orchids 1(5): -

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Thelymitra. Flora of New South Wales 4: 149, pl. 10 [secondary reference]

Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 845-847 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Thelymitra nuda R.Br. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (October 1879), Australian Orchids 1(5): -

• Comment: Treated as ' Thelymitra nuda-pauciflora complex'

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 29, Plate 466 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 192 [secondary reference]

Buchanan, A.M. in Buchanan, A.M. (ed.) (1999), A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania Edn. 3: 68 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 279 [secondary reference]

common name: Mauve-tufted Sun Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "mauve (hair tufts)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 29, Plate 66 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 141 [secondary reference]

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

Jeanes, J.A. (22 July 2004), A revision of the Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in Australia. Muelleria 19: 47-50, Figs 4, 24, 26, Plate 2 [secondary reference]

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]

pro parte misapplication: Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 103 [secondary reference]

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, 78, 91, 101, 108, 119 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra malvina D.L.Jones nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra sp. Lake Innes (D.L.Jones 4920 & M.A.Clements) NSW Herbarium [n/a] pro parte misapplication: Thelymitra pauciflora R.Br. legitimate by Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 161-162 (map), Fig. 230, Plates 220-222 misapplication: Thelymitra nuda R.Br. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (October 1879), Australian Orchids 1(5): -

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 434 [secondary reference]

common name: Mauve-tufted Sun Orchid [n/a]

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 11 [unsourced misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra nuda R.Br. legitimate

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