Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 237-238, Figs 2, 23, 24 (map) [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mount Ragged track, 4.2 km N of Fisheries Road, E of Esperance, 33˚43'06"S, 123˚07'13"E, 30 Oct 2004, G. Brockman 1449. holo: PERTH 06945686!."

• Etymology: "Named from the Latin parvula (small), alluding to the size of the flowers relative to other species in the subgenus."

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 236 [secondary reference]

common name: Esperance duck orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "small, alluding to the small size of the flowers:

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 246 [secondary reference]

common name: Esperance Duck Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "The Latin parvula, meaning small, is an appropriate name for this species as apart from the Midget Duck Orchid, P. lyonsii, this is the smallest flowered of the Western Australian species of Paracaleana."

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): 17 [basionym]

basionym of: Caleana parvula (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 parvula (Hopper & A.P.Br.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 12 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Paracaleana sp. Israelite Bay (W.Jackson 8/11/1995) WA Herbarium [n/a]

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: 293 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 66 [secondary reference]

common name: Esperance Duck Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin parvulus (very small), in reference to the small size of the flowers."

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