Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: lv [tax. nov.]

• Type: Drakaea elastica Lindl.

• Comment: Orthographic variants include DRAKEA S.L.Endlicher, Enchiridium Botanicum (1841) 114.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Spiculaea Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arthrochilus F.Muell. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 254, 261 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 203 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 42 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Spiculaea Lindl. legitimate

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 180 [secondary reference]

Blaxell, D.F. (14 December 1972), Arthrochilus F.Muell. and related genera (Orchidaceae) in Australasia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 279 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 211 [secondary reference]

common name: The Hammer Orchids [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 823 [secondary reference]

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Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 195 [secondary reference]

common name: Hammer Orchids [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 366 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (22 June 2007), A revision of Australia's hammer orchids (Drakaea: Orchidaceae), with some field data on species-specific sexually deceived wasp pollinators. Australian Systematic Botany 20(3): 256-261 [secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 179 [secondary reference]

common name: Hammer orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "named for the nineteenth century botanical illustrator, Miss Sarah Ann Drake"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 288 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 233 [secondary reference]

common name: Hammer Orchids [n/a]

Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 21 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 279-280 [secondary reference]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 292 [secondary reference]

common name: Hammer Orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "Named in honour of the nineteenth century botanical illustrator Miss Sarah Ann Drake."

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