Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1881), Record of some Orchideae from the Samoan Islands. Southern Science Record 1: 173 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In the Bellenden Ker's Ranges, at an elevation of 3–4000 feet. – Karsten."

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

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 526 [secondary reference]

Nicholls, W.H. (1 September 1938), Three diminutive North Queensland orchids (including a new species). The North Queensland Naturalist 6(55): 4, fig. A-F [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium prenticei (F.Muell.) Nicholls legitimate

Nicholls, W.H. (1 December 1938), Three diminutive North Queensland orchids (including a new species) — continued. The North Queensland Naturalist 7(56): 1 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium prenticei (F.Muell.) Nicholls legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1 May 1956), Revision of Dendrobium lichenastrum (F. Muell) Krzl. and its allied forms (Orchidaceae). The North Queensland Naturalist 24(115): 21 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium lichenastrum f. prenticei (F.Muell.) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1 May 1956), Revision of Dendrobium lichenastrum (F. Muell) Krzl. and its allied forms (Orchidaceae). The North Queensland Naturalist 24(115): 21 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium lichenastrum var. prenticei (F.Muell.) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 342 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium lichenastrum f. prenticei (F.Muell.) Dockrill legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 18 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium prenticei (F.Muell.) Nicholls legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 682 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium lichenastrum (F.Muell.) Rolfe legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 487 [basionym]

basionym of: Davejonesia prenticei (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium prenticei (F.Muell.) Nicholls legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 659 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Davejonesia prenticei (F.Muell.) M.A.Clem. legitimate

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