Reichenbach, H.G.L. in Walpers, W.G. (1863), Annales Botanices Systematicae 6(4): 501 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate

Reichenbach, H.G. (8 April 1868), Xenia Orchidacea 2(6): 122 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 134-135, Pl. 23 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum parviflorum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (1951), A review of the Australian species of Sarcochilus (Orchidaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 76: 52-53 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum parviflorum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 462 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (19 September 1967), Australasian Sarcanthinae: 21 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum parviflorum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 734-735, Pl. 27 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum parviflorum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 131-132, Pl. 28 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate common name: Gunn's Orchid [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 33 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 562-563 [secondary reference]

common name: Gunn's Orchid [n/a] common name: Butterfly Orchid [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 429 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum parviflorum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 131 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gunnia picta Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus pictus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: Pl. 15 [secondary reference]

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Sarcochilus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 244 [secondary reference]

common name: Butterfly Orchid [n/a]

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 980-982 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gunnia picta Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus pictus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 294 misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (June 1877), Australian Orchids 1(3): 4th plate misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Pescott, E.E. (1928), The Orchids of Victoria: 18 misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Dickins, H.P. (1929), Victorian Orchids with botanical and vernacular names: 32, Fig. 56 misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Rupp, H.M.R. (1930), Guide to the Orchids of New South Wales: 43

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 897-898, Fig. 189d [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate common name: Gunn's Orchid [n/a] common name: Butterfly Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 252 [secondary reference]

common name: Gunn's Tree Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "southern"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 204, Plate 497 [secondary reference]

common name: Butterfly Orchid [n/a] common name: Gunn's Orchid [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 27 [secondary reference]

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 102 [secondary reference]

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 47, 77, 108, 119 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sarcochilus gunnii F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australis Ross orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Gunnia picta Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus pictus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum pictus M.A.Clem. orth. var. misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 294 misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Fitzgerald, R.D. (June 1877), Australian Orchids 1(3): 4th plate misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 187 misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Pescott, E.E. (1928), The Orchids of Victoria: 18 misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Dickins, H.P. (1929), Victorian Orchids with botanical and vernacular names: 32, Fig. 56 misapplication: Sarcochilus parviflorus Lindl. legitimate by Rupp, H.M.R. (1930), Guide to the Orchids of New South Wales: 43

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 728-729 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gunnia australis Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Thrixspermum australe (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gunnia picta Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus barklyanus F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sarcochilus pictus (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Thrixspermum pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate common name: Gunn's Tree Orchid [n/a] common name: Butterfly Orchid [n/a]

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