Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 517 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Burnettia cuneata Lindl.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Lyperanthus R.Br. legitimate

Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 342 [basionym]

basionym of: Lyperanthus sect. Burnettia (Lindl.) Kuntze legitimate

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

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 56 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 471 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 92 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 140-141 [secondary reference]

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

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Burnettia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 211 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 752 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 164 [secondary reference]

common name: Lizard Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A checklist of Tasmanian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 3: 204 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 48 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "... named in the 19th century after Gilbert Burnett, the first professor of botany at King's College, London."

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 164 [secondary reference]

common name: Lizard Orchid [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Pyrorchis D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate by Lindley, J. (September 1840), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 517

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

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 129 [secondary reference]

Backhouse, G., Kosky, B., Rouse, D. & Turner, J. (2016), Bush Gems: A Guide to the Wild Orchids of Victoria, Australia: [p. 22 of PDF] [secondary reference]

common name: Lizard Orchid [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lyperanthus sect. Burnettia (Lindl.) Kuntze legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 299 [secondary reference]

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