Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 453 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Cordyla discolor Blume legitimate

Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1849), Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio 1(2): 32 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pogonia discolor (Blume) Blume legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 188 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nervilia discolor (Blume) Schltr. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 98 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nervilia plicata (Andrews) Schltr. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 242 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nervilia plicata (Andrews) Schltr. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Rophostemon discolor Lindl. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cordyla discolor Blume legitimate

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