Lindley, J. (April 1830), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 21 [nom. nov.]

nomenclatural synonym: Malaxis rheedei Sw. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Epidendrum resupinatum G.Forst. legitimate

• Comment: nom. illeg., nom. superfl., as the epithet resupinata was available in Microstylis in 1830 and thus ought to have been adopted by Lindley.

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: 92 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Malaxis latifolia Sm. legitimate by Reichenbach, H.G. (1857), Orchideae Zollingerianae itineris primi recensentur. Bonplandia 5: 58

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 374 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Malaxis latifolia Sm. 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]

orthographic variant: Microstylis rheedii Lindl. orth. var.

• APC Comment: Listed by A.W.Dockrill, Austral. Indig. Orchids 2nd edn, 1: 374 (1993), as having been misapplied to Malaxis latifolia Sm. by H.G.Reichenbach, Bonplandia 5: 58 (1857). Malaxis latifolia is now considered to have been misapplied to Dienia montana (Blume) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones in Australia.

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