Adams, P.B., Burke, J.M. & Lawson, S.D. (27 April 2006), A review of the taxonomy and relationships of the Dendrobium speciosum complex (Orchidaceae), and recognition of two new taxa. Telopea 11(2): 206, 207, Fig. 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Queensland, Leichhardt District, Blackdown Tableland, P. B. Adams & S. D. Lawson, 4 Sep 1994 (holo: QRS; iso: BRI, MEL).

Adams, P.B., Burke, J.M. & Lawson, S.D. (10 January 2011), A new hierarchy conserving nomenclature for the Dendrobium speciosum Sm. complex (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae). Muelleria 29(1): 82 [secondary reference]

pro parte taxonomic synonym: Thelychiton coriaceus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 22, 86 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum Sm. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum Sm. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 687 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelychiton speciosus (Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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