Fitzgerald, R.D. (1891), Two New Australian Orchids. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 29: 152 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Adelopetalum bracteatum Fitzg.

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 176 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From the Greek adelos (unseen), referring to the absence of the two petals.

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 14 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum Thouars nom. cons.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 18 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum Thouars nom. cons.

Vermeulen, J.J. (1993), A taxonomic revision of Bulbophyllum, sections Adelopetalum, Lepanthanthe, Macrouris, Pelma, Peltopus, and Uncifera (Orchidaceae). Orchid Monographs 7: 66 [basionym]

basionym of: Bulbophyllum sect. Adelopetalum (Fitzg.) J.J.Verm. legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Australian and New Zealand Bulbophyllinae and Eriinae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(11): 498 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum Thouars nom. cons.

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 696 [secondary reference]

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