Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 25 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pterostylis spathulata M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A. & Molloy, B.P.J. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A synopsis of the subtribe Pterostylidinae. Australian Orchid Research 4: 134 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Oligochaetochilus spathulata Szlach. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterostylis spathulata M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 586 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pterostylis spathulata M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Moora Rustyhood [n/a]

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