Blackmore, J.A.P. & Clemesha, S.C. (June 1968), A review of the so-called "rufous group" for the genus Pterostylis. The Orchadian 2(12): 163, & fig. [autonym]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 27 [secondary reference]

common name: Ruddy Greenhood [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis squamata R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pterostylis pusilla var. prominens Rupp legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pterostylis rufa R.Br. legitimate

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