Bailey, F.M. (1884), Contributions to the Queensland Flora, Part II. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1(2): 88-89 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... was found growing on rocks between Herberton and Mourilyan Harbor, by J.W. Stuart."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Teysmann & Binnend. (1862).

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 3 [secondary reference]

Deane, H. in Fitzgerald, R.D. (1894), Australian Orchids 2(5): 11th plate [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Osyricera purpurascens H.Deane legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Osyricera purpurascens H.Deane legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (1934), A thrice-named orchid. The Victorian Naturalist 51: 81 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 544 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp var. macphersonii legitimate

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

• Lectotype: "`Growing on rocks between Herberton and Mourilyan Harbour', 2 May 1885, J.W.R. Stuart s.n. (lectotype BRI! here designated, isolectotype K! MEL!)."

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 758 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Australian and New Zealand Bulbophyllinae and Eriinae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(11): 499 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Blepharochilum macphersonii M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Szlachetko, D.L. & Rutkowski, P. (2008), Diphyes Blume, a forgotten genus of the subtribe Bulbophyllinae (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae). Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 77(4): 315 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Diphyes purpurascens Szlach. & Rutk. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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

orthographic variant: Bolbophyllum purpurascens H.Deane orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum macphersonii Rupp legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Blepharochilum macphersonii M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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