Bailey, F.M. (1889), Report on new plants, preliminary to general report on botanical results of Meston's expedition to the Bellenden-Ker Range: 2 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Bellenden-Ker, at about 4,000 feet above sea-level."

• Etymology: "A weak small species."

Rolfe, R.A. in Rolfe, R.A. (ed.) (1903), The Orchid Review 11: 344 [basionym]

basionym of: Phreatia pusilla (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe nom. illeg.

Schlechter, F.R.R. (15 August 1911), Orchidaceae novae et criticae. Decas XXIII-XXIV. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 9: 433 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Phreatia baileyana Schltr. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 519, Fig. 523 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Phreatia pusilla (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe nom. illeg.

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 662 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phreatia baileyana Schltr. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 107 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phreatia baileyana Schltr. legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (1992), New combinations in Appendicula Blume and Octarrhena Thwaites (Orchidaceae) in Australia. Phytologia 73(2): 118 [basionym]

basionym of: Octarrhena pusilla (F.M.Bailey) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 332 [basionym]

basionym of: Octarrhena pusilla (F.M.Bailey) Dockrill isonym

Dowe, J.L. & Broughton, A.D. (30 November 2007), F.M.Bailey's ascent of Mt Bellenden-Ker in 1889, and notes on the publication priority of new vascular plant species from the expedition. Austrobaileya 7(3): 562 [secondary reference]

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

isonym: Oberonia pusilla F.M.Bailey isonym isonym: Oberonia pusilla F.M.Bailey isonym isonym: Oberonia pusilla F.M.Bailey isonym

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Octarrhena pusilla (F.M.Bailey) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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