Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 232 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Abundant on trees on Phosphate Hill and the Plateau..."

misapplication: Dendrobium macraei Lindl. legitimate by Rendle, A.B. in Andrews, C.W. (1900), Monocotyledons. A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): 190

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Finet (1903).

Ridley, H.N. (1907), Christmas Island flora: additional notes. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 48: 107 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Dendrobium nativitatis Ridl. legitimate

Hunt, P.F. & Summerhayes, V.S. (1961), Notes on Asiatic Orchids III. Taxon 10(4): 105 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ephemerantha pectinata P.F.Hunt & Summerh. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Wood, J.J. (1982), The Orchids of Christmas Island. The Orchadian 7(6): 145 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Flickingeria nativitatis (Ridl.) J.J.Wood legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 81 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Flickingeria nativitatis (Ridl.) J.J.Wood legitimate

Du Puy, D.J., Jones, D.L. & Edgar, E. (1993), Orchidaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 525 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Flickingeria nativitatis (Ridl.) J.J.Wood legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Flickingeria nativitatis (Ridl.) J.J.Wood legitimate

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