Bailey, F.M. (1898), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 3(2): 160 [tax. nov.]

• Etymology: "After the Right Honourable Sir Hugh M. Nelson K.C.M.G."

Smith, J.J. (1929), Orchidaceae. Nova Guinea 14: 492 [basionym]

basionym of: Acriopsis javanica var. nelsoniana (F.M.Bailey) J.J.Sm. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 616 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Acriopsis javanica var. nelsoniana (F.M.Bailey) J.J.Sm. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 10 [secondary reference]

• Type: "'Gira River, New Guinea', May 1898, Lamington s.n. (holo BRI!)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 10 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 866 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acriopsis javanica var. nelsoniana (F.M.Bailey) J.J.Sm. legitimate

• APC Comment: Listed in synonymy of Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume by M.A.Clements, Austral. Orch Res. 1: 10 (1989). Acriopsis javanica is now considered to have been misapplied to Acriopsis emarginata D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. in Australia.

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