Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A new classification of Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae). Australian Orchid Research 4: 78, Figs. 2.17, 2.18, Map 10 [primary reference]

• Type: Pterostylis bicornis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.

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]

Janes, J.K. & Duretto, M.F. (31 August 2010), A new classification for subtribe Pterostylidinae (Orchidaceae), reaffirming Pterostylis in the broad sense. Australian Systematic Botany 23(4): 264 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis sect. Parviflorae (Benth.) Janes & Duretto legitimate

Janes, J.K. & Duretto, M.F. (7 December 2010), Three new combinations in Pterostylis (Orchidaceae). Austrobaileya 8(2): 221 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis sect. Speculantha (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) Janes & Duretto legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis R.Br. nom. cons.

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