Hunt, T.E. (1949), A review of the genus Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 60: 60, t. IV, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hambledon, N. Queensland, 10.1947."

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 558-559 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum whitei T.E.Hunt & Rupp legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum kirkwoodiae T.E.Hunt legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 512-513 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 16 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "cult. Ipswich, T.E. Hunt 179 ex `Hambledon [Bellenden Ker], N. Queensland', Oct. 1947, A.E. Johnson s.n. (lectotype BRI! here designated)"

taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum whitei T.E.Hunt & Rupp legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum kirkwoodiae T.E.Hunt legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 732-734, Pl. 108 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum whitei T.E.Hunt & Rupp legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum kirkwoodiae T.E.Hunt legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 308 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 135 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Australian and New Zealand Bulbophyllinae and Eriinae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(11): 500 [basionym]

basionym of: Serpenticaulis johnsonii (T.E.Hunt) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 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]

nomenclatural synonym: Serpenticaulis johnsonii (T.E.Hunt) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 709 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Serpenticaulis johnsonii (T.E.Hunt) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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