Bailey, F.M. (1912), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 28(1): 74, fig. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "The Spotted Lily of Murray River, North Queensland ... Named from a large painting made by Mrs. F.C. Rowan while on a visit to the native habitat."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 527, Pl. 15 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 252 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phaius australis F.Muell. var. australis legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 371 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phaius australis F.Muell. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 103 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phaius australis F.Muell. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 294 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phaius australis F.Muell. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phaius australis F.Muell. legitimate

Stone, J. & Cribb, P. (2017), Lady Tankerville's legacy: A historical and monographic review of Phaius and Gastrorchis: 105 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "N Queensland, Murray River, illn. by F.C.Rowan (lecto: BRI), lectotype selected here."

Stone, J. & Cribb, P. (2017), Lady Tankerville's legacy: A historical and monographic review of Phaius and Gastrorchis: 105 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phaius tancarvilleae var. australis (F.Muell.) J.V.Stone & P.J.Cribb legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Phaius australis F.Muell. legitimate

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