Hunt, T.E. (1 March 1947), Two new bulbophyllums from Bartle Frere. The North Queensland Naturalist 14(82): 18-19 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mt. Bartle-Frere, J.H. Wilkie, September, 1946."

• Etymology: "... takes its name from the Wanjuru aboriginal tribe in whose hunting ground Mt. Bartle Frere lay."

Dockrill, A.W. (June 1967), A review of the genus Bulbophyllum Thou. in Australia Part 1 Section 1. The Orchadian 2(8): 100 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum newportii (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 570 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum newportii (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 19 [secondary reference]

• Type: "... (holo BRI!)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 19 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum wilkianum T.E.Hunt legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 778 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum newportii (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum newportii (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Adelopetalum newportii (F.M.Bailey) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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