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

replaced synonym: Cleisostoma gemmatum Rupp nom. illeg.

• Etymology: "... in allusion to the striking reddish-purple suffusion of the column."

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 [basionym]

basionym 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 [basionym]

basionym 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

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

basionym 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

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