Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (2006), Miscellaneous new species of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 5: 48-49 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "New South Wales. Burrinjuck, hill near village, 14 Oct. 1998, D.L.Jones 15852, M.Garratt, K.Fitzgerald, D. Mallinson & S.Clark (holo CANB 605485).

• Etymology: "The Greek orestes, mountaineer, in reference to the mountainous area and sleep slopes where this species grows."

Backhouse, G.N. (2010), New combinations in the terrestrial orchid genera Caladenia R.Br., Corybas Salisb. and Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae) for south-eastern Australia. The Victorian Naturalist 127(2): 56 [basionym]

basionym of: Caladenia orestes (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Caladenia orestes (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 109 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caladenia orestes (D.L.Jones) G.N.Backh. legitimate

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