Lindley, J. (1 July 1835), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 21: t. 1777 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "We therefore propose to call Ph. pallida the plant before figured [t. 1213] ... native of India."

misapplication: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Lindley, J. (1828), The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; with their History and Mode of Treatment 14: t. 1213

Holttum, R.E. (1957), Orchids of Malaya. A Revised Flora of Malaya Edn. 2, 1: 237 [secondary reference]

Holttum, R.E. (1964), Orchids of Malaya. A Revised Flora of Malaya Edn. 3, 1: 237 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 302-303 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate

Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 98, pl. 356 [secondary reference]

Hallé, N. (1977), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 8: 254-255, Pl. 108 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 222 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 607, 608 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 106 [secondary reference]

• Text: "de Vogel (1988) has established that the correct application of this name is for a species with a limited Himalayan distribution in Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan China, India, Burma, Thailand and Laos."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 105 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Holttum, R.E. (1957), Orchids of Malaya. A Revised Flora of Malaya Edn. 2, 1: 237

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: Pl. 34 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Plate refers to sketches on p407 for Pholidota imbricata.

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 406 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Holttum, R.E. (1957), Orchids of Malaya. A Revised Flora of Malaya Edn. 2, 1: 237

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 98, pl. 356

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 302-303

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Hallé, N. (1977), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 8: 254-255, Pl. 108

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

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Holttum, R.E. (1957), Orchids of Malaya. A Revised Flora of Malaya Edn. 2, 1: 237

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Holttum, R.E. (1964), Orchids of Malaya. A Revised Flora of Malaya Edn. 3, 1: 237

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Nicholls, W.H. in Jones, D.L. & Muir, T.B. (ed.) (1969), Orchids of Australia: 98, pl. 356

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 302-303

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Pholidota imbricata Hook. legitimate by Hallé, N. (1977), Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie 8: 254-255, Pl. 108

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