Lindley, J. (April 1830), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 20 [tax. nov.]

Deb, D.B. (1962), Monocotyledonous plants of Manipur Territory. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 3(2): 128 [basionym]

basionym of: Malaxis wallichii (Lindl.) Deb legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 91 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Malaxis acuminata D.Don legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 380 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Malaxis acuminata D.Don legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Malaxis wallichii (Lindl.) Deb legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microstylis wallichii Wall. nom. inval., nom. nud.

• APC Comment: Listed in synonymy of Malaxis acuminata D.Don by A.W.Dockrill, Austral. Indig. Orchids 2nd edn, 1: 380 (1993). Malaxis acuminata is now considered to have been misapplied to Crepidium fontinale D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. in Australia.

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