Jones, D.L. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (5 April 1991), New taxa of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 2: 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland; Cook District; Double Barrel Pinch, Shipton's Flat Road, ca 8k from Big Forks Junction, south of Cooktown, 15°45'S, 148°15'E 6 June 1990 [collection date on holotype specimen at CANB is 13 April 1990], L.Lawler 83 (holo CBG, iso CBG, BRI)."

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 90-91 [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: 134 [secondary reference]

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): 14 [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: 4, 82 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 265 [secondary reference]

common name: Leafy Elbow Orchid [n/a]

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