Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1878), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 11(89): 53 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In vicinia portus Jacksonii, W.S. Macleay; ad ostium fluminis Richmond-River, Fawcett. "

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (28 December 1878), The smallest orchid in the world. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 10: 818 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (28 December 1878), The smallest orchid in the world. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 10: 818 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Bulbophyllum moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 111 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 249, 250 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 527 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 172, 238 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 124 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 460 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 562-563 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phyllorkis minutissima (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 516 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Bulbophyllum [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 442, Fig. 61D [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Phyllorkis minutissima (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

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

• Lectotype: "`ad ostium fluminus Richmond-River', C. Fawcett s.n. (lectotype MEL! here designated, isolectotype BM! K!)"

nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Phyllorkis minutissima (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Weston, P.H. & Hill, K.D. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Bulbophyllum. Flora of New South Wales 4: 235 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 736-737, Pls 101, 105 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Phyllorkis minutissima (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 193-194, Plate 468 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Bulbophyllum [n/a]

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 194, Plate 468 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Bulbophyllum [n/a]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2001), Oncophyllum, a new genus of Orchidaceae from Australia. The Orchadian 13(9): 421 [basionym]

basionym of: Oncophyllum minutissimum (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Ormerod, P.A. in Rice, R. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae Fragmentae 4. Oasis, the journal Edn. 2, 2: 4-5 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud.

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, 67, 82 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Bolbophyllum minutissimum F.Muell. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Bulbophyllum moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. nomenclatural synonym: Phyllorchis minutissima Kuntze orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Phyllorkis minutissima (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Oncophyllum minutissimum (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium moniliforme F.Muell. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium minutissimum F.Muell. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Bolbophyllum moniliforme F.Muell. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium nummulifolium R.King legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 704 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oncophyllum minutissimum (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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