Fitzgerald, R.D. (May 1885), New Australian orchids. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 23: 138 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "New South Wales."

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 256 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 85 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "It was discovered at Guntawang near Mudgee by A.G. Hamilton,"

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 184-185 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 120 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pterostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 176 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis nana R.Br. legitimate

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (28 November 2002), A new classification of Pterostylis R.Br. (Orchidaceae). Australian Orchid Research 4: 75 [basionym]

basionym of: Linguella clavigera (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 37, 75 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2017), New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Review 82(2): 63 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplodium clavigerum (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pterostylis nana R.Br. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 498 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium clavigerum (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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