Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: li. [tax. nov.]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 178, 179 [secondary reference]

• Type: Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L

taxonomic synonym: Diuris carinata Lindl. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 364-365 [secondary reference]

common name: Cat's-Face Orchid [n/a] common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 55 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 822 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Diuris carinata Lindl. legitimate common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 236 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 69 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Swan River', 1839, J. Drummond s.n. (lecto K-L!, isolectotype BM! FI! K!)."

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 52, Fig. 98 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 403 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 403 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 365 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 170 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "loose flowers, alluding to the widely separated flowers"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 482 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. & French, C.J. (2013), The characterisation of Diuris laxiflora Lindl. and the description of four new allied species from Western Australia. Australian Orchid Review 78(1): 21-23 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(lecto K-L (photo seen), isolecto BN [sic 'BM'?], Fl, K)."

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: 24, 128 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Diuris aff. laxiflora [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'granite' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Canning Vale' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Brookton Highway' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'granite' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Canning Vale' [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Diuris sp. 'Brookton Highway' [n/a]

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 243 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 282 [secondary reference]

common name: Bee Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Lain laxus (wide, loose, open), and -floris (flower), in reference to the open flower arrangement."

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