Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 222-223, Figs 2, 6, 7 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "NW Coastal Highway, 14 km N of Galena Bridge (over the Murchison River), 27˚42'39"S, 114˚40'35"E, 9 September 2005, S.D.Hopper 8660, Andrew Brown, Garry Brockman and Ryan Phillips. holo: PERTH! iso: MEL!."

• Etymology: "Named for Professor John Alcock (1942–) from Arizona State University, author of An Enthusiasm for Orchids, Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution, who has visited south-west Australia many times over the past two decades to conduct fieldwork on orchids and their pollinators. Professor Alcock first recognised the species as new and brought it to our attention."

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 234 [secondary reference]

common name: Alcock's duck orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "named from Professor John Alcock who discovered the species"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 254 [secondary reference]

common name: Alcock's Duck Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "This species is named in honour of Professor John Alcock from Arizona State University in the USA who has conducted research on Western Australian orchids. Professor Alcock was the first to recognise the orchid as a new species when he photographed it north of the Murchison River."

Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 15 [basionym]

basionym of: Caleana alcockii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) 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: 30, 130 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Caleana alcockii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (10 December 2019), Update on generic and specific nomenclature in Paracaleana (Drakaeinae), Caladeniinae and a new name in Caladenia (Orchidaceae). Nuytsia 30: 280 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 289 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sullivania alcockii D.L.Jones nom. inval.

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (19 November 2021), Notes on Australasian Orchidaceae 7: updates on the nomenclature of Sullivania (Diurideae: Drakaeinae). Lankesteriana 21(3): 316 [basionym]

basionym of: Sullivania alcockii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 64 [secondary reference]

common name: Alcock's Duck Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "Named in honour of Professor John Alcock, author of An Enthusiasm for Orchids, Sex and Deception in Plant Evolution, who recognised the species as being distinct on one of his many visits to Western Australia."

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