Orchidaceae Juss.
Macdonaldia cyanea Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: l [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not cited).
Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 323 [basionym]
basionym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Hatch, E.D. (1952), The New Zealand forms of Thelymitra J. R. and G. Forster and appendices: Part 1. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 79: 391 [basionym]
basionym of: Thelymitra venosa var. cyanea (Lindl.) Hatch legitimate
Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 12 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 49 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 139 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "`Tasmania, Circular Head', Dec. 1837, R. Gunn 938 (lectotype specimen (12a) K-L! here designated, isolectotype BM! FI! K! P!)."
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 139 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 853 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 278 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "blue, azure"
Jeanes, J.A. (16 March 2012), Two new rare species in the Thelymitra venosa complex (Orchidaceae) from south-eastern mainland Australia. Muelleria 30(1): 14 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 453 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Thelymitra cyanea (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate