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

• Type: "North Queensland: Davies Creek (Mareeba), 20/5/1956. Leg. S.F. St. Cloud and J.H. Wilkie. Holotype in National Herbarium of New South Wales."

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 544-545 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum cochleatum Schltr. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum sladeanum A.D.Hawkes legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 521 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 17 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 760-761 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum cochleatum Schltr. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Bulbophyllum sladeanum A.D.Hawkes legitimate

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

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

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

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

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