Fitzgerald, R.D. (1882), New Australian Orchids. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 17(433): 494 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Western Australia."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 3 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 180 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Western Australia."

• Text: "In Australian Orchids 2, 1, Fitzgerald cites Dardanup and Albany. At BM there is a sheet labelled "Bunbury, Sept." in Fitzgerald's hand. This locality is close to Dardanup and is probably one of the original specimens. It is here selected as lectotype. There is one sheet at NSW with the locality of "W.A. RDF" which is probably a syntype."

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 214-215 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-Carriage [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: 824 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-Carriage [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 153 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-Carriage [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 72-73 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D., van Leeuwen, S.J., Brown, A.P. & Patrick, S.J. (1990), Western Australia's Endangered Flora: 53, Fig. 102 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 205 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-carriage [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 205 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-carriage [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 85 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-carriage [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 366-367 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-carriage [n/a]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (22 June 2007), A revision of Australia's hammer orchids (Drakaea: Orchidaceae), with some field data on species-specific sexually deceived wasp pollinators. Australian Systematic Botany 20(3): 268-271, Figs 3, 4, 6, 15, 16, 27 [secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 182 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-carriage [n/a]

• Etymology: "named for an extinct South American animal related to the Armadillo"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 242 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-carriage [n/a]

Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 21 [secondary reference]

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: 27, 129 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 282 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-Carriage [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 1: 296 [secondary reference]

common name: King-in-his-carriage Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "Named for an extinct South American animal related to the Armadillo, possibly referring to the shape of the labellum."

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