Lindley, J. in Bentham, G. (1843), Orchidaceae, in Enumeration of the plants collected by R.B. Hinds, Esq., and by Mr Barclay in the Feejee Islands, Tanna, New Ireland and New Guinea. London Journal of Botany 2: 235, 236 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Cribb, P.J. (June 1983), Dendrobium sect. Spatulata Lind. , the correct name for the "antelope" dendrobiums. The Orchadian 7(8): 189 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Dendrobium antennatum Lindley

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium sect. Antennatae Rchb.f. nom. illeg.

Cribb, P.J. (15 August 1986), A revision of Dendrobium sect. Spatulata (Orchidaceae). Kew Bulletin 41(3): 615-692 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium sect. Antennatae Rchb.f. nom. illeg.

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 541-542 [secondary reference]

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