Orchidaceae Juss.
Microstylis purpurea Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (April 1830), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 20 [tax. nov.]
Reichenbach, H.G. (1857), Orchideae Zollingerianae itineris primi recensentur. Bonplandia 5: 58 [secondary reference]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 91 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Malaxis acuminata D.Don legitimate by Reichenbach, H.G. (1857), Orchideae Zollingerianae itineris primi recensentur. Bonplandia 5: 58
Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 380 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Malaxis acuminata D.Don legitimate by Reichenbach, H.G. (1857), Orchideae Zollingerianae itineris primi recensentur. Bonplandia 5: 58
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • 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.