Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 228-229, Figs 2, 12, 13 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Leeman Road on both the N and S sides, 17 Nov. 1987, A. Brown 781. holo: PERTH 1256912!."

• Etymology: "Named for Dr Kingsley W. Dixon (1954–), Director (Science) of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority at Kings Park and Botanic Garden, President of the WA Native Orchid Study and Conservation Group 1985–86 and 1988, author and editor of many orchid publications, for his life-long interest in and enthusiasm for orchids, and his contribution to the scientific study of orchid micropropagation. Kingsley drew our attention to P. dixonii as a possible new species."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paracaleana dixonii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Paracaleana dixonii N.Hoffman & A.P.Br. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA

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

common name: Sandplain duck orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "named for Dr Kingsley Dixon who was the first to recognise this new species"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 252 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandplain Duck Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "This species is named in honour of Dr. Kingsley Dixon who was the first person to recognise it as a distinct species."

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): 16 [basionym]

basionym of: Caleana dixonii (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 dixonii (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: 291 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sullivania dixonii 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 dixonii (Hopper & A.P.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 72 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandplain Duck Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "Named in honour of Dr Kingsley Dixon, Professor at Curtin University who was the first to recognise the species as distinct."

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