Schlechter, F.R.R. (10 September 1910), Orchidaceae novae et criticae. Decas XI. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 8: 455 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland: Auf dem Mount Bellenden-Ker. – Stephen Johnson, im Jahre 1891."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Lindl. (1862).

Hawkes, A.D. (1956), Lloydia 19: 93 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Bulbophyllum sladeanum A.D.Hawkes legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii var. spathulatum Dockrill & St.Cloud legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 18 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum sladeanum A.D.Hawkes legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 760 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii var. spathulatum Dockrill & St.Cloud legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Australian and New Zealand Bulbophyllinae and Eriinae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(11): 499 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Blepharochilum sladeanum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum sladeanum A.D.Hawkes legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Blepharochilum sladeanum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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