Schlechter, F.R.R. in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (1912), Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 1: 367 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kaiser Wilhems-Land: Im Humus am Rande der wälder bei Adolfhafen, c. 10 m ü. d. M. – R. Schlechter no. 19212, blühend im April 1909; an offeneren Abhängen den Waldrändern der Berge bei Jaduna, c. 50 m ü. d. M. – R. Schlechter no. 19288, blühend im April 1908."

Lavarack, P.S., Clements, M.A. & Howcroft, N.H.S. (June 1984), Bromheadia pulchra Schltr. in Australia and New Guinea. The Orchadian 7(12): 291-294 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 356-357 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 13-14 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Kaiser-Willhelms-Land; in humus at the edge of forests near Adolhafer, c. alt. 10 m', Apr. 1909, R. Schlechter 19212 (holo B†; lectotype K! here designated, isolectotype L!)."

taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia palustris var. papuana J.J.Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt legitimate misapplication: Bromheadia palustris Lindl. nom. illeg. by Ewart, A.J. (1907), New or rare Australian plants in the National Herbarium, Melbourne. The Victorian Naturalist 24(1): 13

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 844-846, Pl. 122 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia palustris var. papuana J.J.Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt legitimate

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: 5, 82 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia palustris var. papuana J.J.Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt legitimate misapplication: Bromheadia palustris Lindl. nom. illeg. by Ewart, A.J. (1907), New or rare Australian plants in the National Herbarium, Melbourne. The Victorian Naturalist 24(1): 13 misapplication: Bromheadia finlaysoniana (Lindl.) Miq. legitimate by van Scheindelen, H.J. & de Vogel, E.F. in Kruizinga, J., van Scheindelen, H.J. & de Vogel, E.F. (1997), Bromheadia section Bromheadia, in Revision of the genus Bromheadia (Orchidaceae). Orchid Monographs 8: 90-93

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 622 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bromheadia venusta T.E.Hunt legitimate common name: Pale Reed Orchid [n/a]

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