Rupp, H.M.R. (1937), A new epiphytic orchid from Dorrigo, N.S.W. The Victorian Naturalist 54(8): 112 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Dorrigo, N.S.W., Mrs. W.J. Harrigan, October, 1937."

• Etymology: "...I have chosen the specific name which may be translated into plain English as 'jewelled'."
• Comment: nom. illeg., non King & Pantl. (1898).

Rupp, H.M.R. (1938), Cleisostoma gemmatum. The Victorian Naturalist 54: 190 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Cleisostoma purpuratum Rupp legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (1941), The breaking-up of the genus Cleisostoma (Orchidaceae) in Australia. The Victorian Naturalist 57(12): 219 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sarcanthus gemmatus Rupp nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Rupp, H.M.R. (1941), The breaking-up of the genus Cleisostoma (Orchidaceae) in Australia. The Victorian Naturalist 58(3): 41 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sarcanthus purpuratus (Rupp) Rupp legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 130 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sarcanthus purpuratus (Rupp) Rupp legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (19 September 1967), Australasian Sarcanthinae: 30 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 778 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 33 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 134 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 908 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Schistotylus purpuratus (Rupp) Dockrill legitimate

Clements, M.A., Jones, D.L. & Banks, D.P. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 4: subtribe Aeridinae. Australian Orchid Review 84(2): 29 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Plectorrhiza gemmata M.A.Clem., D.L.Jones & D.P.Banks nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Renner, M.A.M. (20 September 2019), A nomenclatural history for Plectorrhiza purpurata (Orchidaceae). Telopea 22: 158 [secondary reference]

• Type: "New South Wales, Deer Vale road, Dorrigo, Oct. 1937, Mrs W.J. Harrigan (lectotype (designated by Rupp 1944): ex herb. Rupp 399a, NSW 93475!)."

• Text: "Rupp (1937) mentioned that the first material he had seen of the species he named Cleisostoma gemmatum was flowering racemes sent to him by a Sydney nurseryman, G.E. Glissan. Glissan then requested that a whole plant (presumably from the wild) be sent to Rupp by Mrs W.J. Harrigan. Although Rupp mentions the existence of the initial material from Glissan in his discussion, he cited only the Harrigan gathering with full collection details immediately after the description. The Harrigan specimen was later cited as the holotype by Rupp (1944), but as no gathering was referred to as ‘type’ in the protologue, the name had no holotype when published, meaning Rupp effectively designated a lectotype in 1944 (with ‘holotype’ corrected to lectotype under Article 9.10)."

Renner, M.A.M. (20 September 2019), A nomenclatural history for Plectorrhiza purpurata (Orchidaceae). Telopea 22: 158 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plectorrhiza purpurata (Rupp) M.A.M.Renner legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 719 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Plectorrhiza purpurata (Rupp) M.A.M.Renner legitimate

---