Dockrill, A.W. (1 March 1957), Bulbophyllum macphersonii var. spathulatum. The North Queensland Naturalist 26(117): 4 [implicit autonym]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 544 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum purpurascens F.M.Bailey nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Osyricera purpurascens H.Deane legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 758-759 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

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