Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (May 1894), Orchidaceae Papuanae. Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 44(5): 162 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Neu-Guinea. Dinner Island leg. Forbes 1887."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 57 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 548 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 488 [basionym]

basionym of: Durabaculum prionochilum (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Durabaculum prionochilum (F.Muell. & Kraenzl.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

• APC Comment: A Malesian taxon, now treated as Dendrobium sylvanum Rchb., listed in synonymy of Dendrobium mirbelianum by M.A.Clements, Austral. Orchid Res. 1: 57 (1989), but not known to occur in Australia.

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