Banks, D.P. & Clemesha, S.C. (1990), Dendrobium speciosum: a review of the species. Australian Orchid Review 55(6): 9-10 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Dendrobium speciosum var. capricornicum Clemesha legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 464 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum var. capricornicum Clemesha legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium speciosum var. capricornicum Clemesha legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Thelychiton capricornicus (Clemesha) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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