Schlechter, F.R.R. in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (1911), Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 1: 124 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Microstylis nitida Schltr.

• Comment: Base name for MALAXIS sect. HOLOLOBUS (Schltr.) K.Hill & Blaxell

Hill, K.D. & Blaxell, D.F. (June 1985), Notes on the genus Malaxis Sol. ex Sw., including a new record for Australia. The Orchadian 8(4): 80 [basionym]

basionym of: Malaxis sect. Hololobus (Schltr.) K.D.Hill & Blaxell legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 377 [secondary reference]

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