Nicholls, W.H. (1 December 1939), Sarcochilus olivaceus, Lindley, an interesting variety from north Queensland. The North Queensland Naturalist 8(60): 1-2, fig. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "The specimen was collected by Mrs. B. Sparvelt, at Millaa Millaa, 2nd May, 1939."

• Etymology: "... in allusion to its Northern habitat."

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 730 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Sarcochilus olivaceus Lindl. legitimate

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

basionym of: Sarcochilus borealis (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 978 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sarcochilus serrulatus D.L.Jones legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 730

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 976 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sarcochilus borealis (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

misapplied to: Sarcochilus serrulatus D.L.Jones legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 730

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sarcochilus borealis (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 729 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sarcochilus borealis (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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