Brown, R. in Aiton, W.T. (1813), Hortus Kewensis Edn. 2, 5: 207 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nat. of the East Indies. William Roxburgh, M.D. Introd. 1800, by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(59): 31 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 535 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 610 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Limodorum recurvum Roxb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Malaxis cernua Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Otandra cernua (Willd.) Salisb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cistella cernua (Willd.) Blume legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 82 [secondary reference]

Wilson, A.J.G. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 1010 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Geodorum neocaledonicum Kraenzl. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 847 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr. legitimate

Chase, M.W., Schuiteman, A. & Kumar, P. (17 March 2021), Expansion of the orchid genus Eulophia (Eulophiinae; Epidendroideae) to include Acrolophia, Cymbidiella, Eulophiella, Geodorum, Oeceoclades and Paralophia. Phytotaxa 491(1): 53 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eulophia recurva (Roxb.) M.W.Chase, Kumar & Schuit. legitimate

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