Adams, Peter B. (10 January 2011), New combinations and two new central Queensland taxa in the Dendrobium tetragonum (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) complex. Muelleria 29(1): 77 [primary reference]

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

orthographic variant of: Dendrobium tetragonum var. melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Dockrill legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium melaleucaphilum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 689 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelychiton melaleucaphilus D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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