Jones, D.L. & Nash, R.C. (15 December 1976), A new Corybas species from South Australia. Muelleria 3(3): 165, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lower Coorong, South Australia. R.C. Nash, 8.viii.1967 (AD 96815018). ISOTYPES: AD, Herb. Nash 308."

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 338-339 [secondary reference]

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

Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2079-2080 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 317 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 39 [secondary reference]

• Type: "... (holo AD, iso AD! MEL!)."

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 70-71 (map), Fig. 115, Plates 82-84 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal helmet-orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "The name despectans (looking down upon) refers to the flower which faces the leaf."

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 232 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill Helmet Orchid [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 837-839, Fig. 177e-f [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 169, Plate 402 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill Helmet Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 232 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill Helmet Orchid [n/a]

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 169, Plate 402 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill Helmet Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 83 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 359 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill Helmet Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 447 [basionym]

basionym of: Corysanthes despectans (D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash) 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 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Corysanthes despectans (D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 128 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill helmet orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "overlooked, alluding to the species being missed until 1976"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 277 [secondary reference]

common name: Sandhill Helmet Orchid [n/a]

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: 19, 95, 113, 127 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Corysanthes despectans (D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Vic

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Corybas expansus D.L.Jones legitimate by Weber, J.Z. & Bates, R. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 4: 2079-2080

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 64 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corysanthes despectans (D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Parker, C.M. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (22 March 2024), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2023. Nuytsia 35: 4 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Corysanthes despectans (D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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