Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (May 1841), Miscellaneous Notices. Edwards's Botanical Register 27: 55 [tax. nov.]

Kraenzlin, F.W.L. in Engler, H.G.A. (15 November 1910), Orchidaceae: Monandrae- Dendrobiinae, Part I. Das Pflanzenreich 45: 349 [basionym]

basionym of: Desmotrichum scopa (Lindl.) Kraenzl. legitimate

Hunt, P.F. & Summerhayes, V.S. (1961), Notes on Asiatic Orchids III. Taxon 10(4): 103 [basionym]

basionym of: Ephemerantha scopa (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. legitimate

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

taxonomic 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 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium comatum (Blume) Lindl. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Desmotrichum scopa (Lindl.) Kraenzl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ephemerantha scopa (Lindl.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. legitimate

• APC Comment: Listed as synonyms of Ephemerantha comata (Blume) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. by A.W.Dockrill, Austral. Indig. Orchids 1: 314 (1969) and of Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes by A.W.Dockrill, Austral. Indig. Orchids 2nd edn, 1: 418 (1993). These two names are now considered to have been misapplied to Flickingeria clementsii D.L.Jones in Australia.

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