Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 61 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Societatis insulae."

Swartz, O. (1800), Orchidernes flagter och arter upstallde. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlingar 21: 235 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Malaxis rheedei Sw. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Willdenow, C.L. (1805), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 4(1): 91 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Malaxis rheedei Sw. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Microstylis rheedei Lindl. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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