St.Cloud, S.F. (1 May 1956), Some notes on Dendrobium bigibbum Lindley, and a suggested reclassification of its numerous forms. The North Queensland Naturalist 24(115): 18 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. legitimate

• Comment: Reference to basionym indirect, via St. Cloud's citation of this name as "forma phalaenopsis Fitzg.".

Blake, S.T. (1964), Dendrobium bigibbum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and the Cooktown Orchid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74(4): 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. legitimate

Clemesha, S.C. (December 1978), A review of Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. The Orchadian 6(2): 33 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 590 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum Rchb.f. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Vappodes phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Adams, Peter B. (2015), Dendrobium bigibbum (sect. Phalaenanthe) in Australia - analysis of diagnostic characters, review of taxa and a new classification. Kew Bulletin 70: 15 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum Rchb.f. legitimate

Adams, P.B. & Lawson, S.D. (2016), Classification, variation and biogeography in the Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. (Section Phalaenanthe) complex. Malesian Orchid Journal 17: 8 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum Rchb.f. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton legitimate

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