Rogers, R.S. (22 December 1923), Contributions to the Orchidaceous flora of Australia. Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 339-340, t. XXVII. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Victoria: Fern-tree Gully, E.E. Pescott and A.N. Burns, 20/22/20; also Ringwood and Belgrave, E.E. Pescott."

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 92, 94 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 136, Fig 118E-E1 [secondary reference]

common name: Summer Greenhood [n/a]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 22-23 [secondary reference]

common name: Summer Greenhood [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 32 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 190 [secondary reference]

common name: Summer Greenhood [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 121 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Victoria: Fern-tree Gully', 20 Nov. 1920, E.E. Pescott & A.N. Burns s.n. (lectotype AD! here designated)."

Jones, D.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Pterostylis. Flora of New South Wales 4: 182 [secondary reference]

common name: Summer Greenhood [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Pterostylis. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 815, Fig. 168d-f [secondary reference]

common name: Summer Greenhood [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 110, Plate 270 [secondary reference]

common name: Summer Greenhood [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1 August 1998), A taxonomic review of Pterostylis R.Br. in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 143 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 223 [secondary reference]

common name: Summer Greenhood [n/a]

• Etymology: "bent down (galea)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 110, Plate 270 [secondary reference]

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: 71 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplodium decurvum (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 21, 26 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium decurvum (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 278 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "decurved, bent down suddenly"

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 101 [secondary reference]

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: 38, 64, 75, 107, 117 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Diplodium decurvum (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Diplodium decurvum in the ACT.
• APC Dist.: NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 478 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplodium decurvum (R.S.Rogers) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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