Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 496-497 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Dendrobium melaleucaphilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium melaleucaphilum D.L.Jones nom. inval.

Adams, Peter B. (10 January 2011), New combinations and two new central Queensland taxa in the Dendrobium tetragonum (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) complex. Muelleria 29(1): 77 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium melaleucaphilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tetrabaculum melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Anonymous (1 July 2011), Corrigendum, Muelleria 29(1). Muelleria 29(2): 201 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Dendrobium tetragonum var. melaleucophilum Peter B.Adams orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium melaleucaphilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 689 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelychiton melaleucaphilus D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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