Gray, B. & Jones, D.L (1 September 1994), Nervilia peltata (Orchidaceae), a new species from north-eastern Queensland and the Northern Territory. Austrobaileya 4(2): 195, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Queensland: Cook district, cultivated Atherton ex Queensland, 2 km south of Cape York, 10 deg 42 min S, 142 deg 32 min E, Sm. alt., 11 February 1986, B. Gray 5287 (holotype: QRS). Fig. 1.

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: 30, 81, 88 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 647 [secondary reference]

common name: Peltate Shield Orchid [n/a] common name: Grey Shield Orchid [n/a]

Forster, P.I. (7 December 2022), Austrobaileya publication dates 1977–2022. Austrobaileya 12: 118 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Publication date corrected to 1 September 1994

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