Dockrill, A.W. & St.Cloud, S.F. (1957), Description of a new species of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae) from Queensland. The Victorian Naturalist 74: 67, t. IV. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "North Queensland, Mt. Lewis, near Mr. Molloy (J. Dyson-Holland, August 1955 –Herb. N.S.W.)."

Dockrill, A.W. (June 1967), A review of the genus Bulbophyllum Thou. in Australia Part 1 Section 1. The Orchadian 2(8): 104 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum lilianiae Rendle legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 574 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum lilianiae Rendle legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 16 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum lilianiae Rendle legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 774 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum lilianiae Rendle legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum lilianiae Rendle legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 698 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Adelopetalum lilianiae (Rendle) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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