Deane, H. in Fitzgerald, R.D. (1894), Australian Orchids 2(5): 11th plate [nom. nov.]

replaced synonym: Bulbophyllum purpurascens F.M.Bailey nom. illeg.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 527 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum purpurascens F.M.Bailey nom. illeg.

Rupp, H.M.R. (1934), A thrice-named orchid. The Victorian Naturalist 51: 81 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 544 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp var. macphersonii legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 17 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 758 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Ocyricera purpurascens A.D.Chapm. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 700 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blepharochilum macphersonii M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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