Liddle, D.J. & Forster, P.I. (21 August 1990), The recognition of subspecies in Dendrobium discolor Lindl. (Orchidaceae). Austrobaileya 3(2): 320 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland. COOK DISTRICT: Upper Pascoe River, 12°55'S, 143°00'E, 5 July 1972, A.W.Dockrill 471 (holo: QRS; iso: BRI)."

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 555 (footnote) [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [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: 136 [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: 21, 85 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium discolor Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 671 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum discolor subsp. albertisiana D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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