Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1830), Edwards's Botanical Register 16: 76 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Desmotrichum comatum Blume legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 314 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ephemerantha comata (Blume) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 80 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 418 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes legitimate

Schuiteman, A. & Adams, Peter B. (10 January 2011), New combinations in Dendrobium (Orchidaceae). Muelleria 29(1): 67 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium scopa Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium criniferum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium thysanochilum Schltr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Flickingeria clementsii D.L.Jones 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: 21, 85 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Desmotrichum comatum Blume legitimate

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