Reichenbach, (H.G.) L. (August 1876), The Garden; an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches: 204 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "An Australian Orchid, hitherto very rare in our gardens."

Anonymous (October 1876), The Floral Magazine n.s 5: pl. 229 [secondary reference]

Reichenbach, H.G. (14 December 1878), New garden plants. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 10: 748 [secondary reference]

Veitch, J.G. in Veitch, J.H. & Sons (1887), A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants 1(3): 23 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. superbum (Rchb.f.) J.H.Veitch legitimate

Blake, S.T. (1964), Dendrobium bigibbum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and the Cooktown Orchid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74(4): 33 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 438 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 48 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 590-591, 593 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callista phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. macranthum F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum f. phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) St.Cloud legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum subsp. phalaenopsis D.L.Jones nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. legitimate misapplication: Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. superbum (Rchb.f.) J.H.Veitch legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 439-441 misapplication: Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. superbum (Rchb.f.) J.H.Veitch legitimate by Clemesha, S.C. (December 1978), A review of Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. The Orchadian 6(2): 33

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic 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 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. superbum (Rchb.f.) J.H.Veitch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callista phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. rothschildiana Kraenzl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. albomarginatum Linden ex Rolfe nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. highburyense Anon. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. dellense H.Williams legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. chamberlainianum Anon. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. album H.Williams legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. hololeuca Anon. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum var. macranthum F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. lindeniae Linden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. thundersleyense Anon. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. splendens Anon. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis var. rubescens Nash legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum f. phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) St.Cloud legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. superbum (Rchb.f.) J.H.Veitch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Vappodes phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Adams, P.B. & Lawson, S.D. (2016), Classification, variation and biogeography in the Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. (Section Phalaenanthe) complex. Malesian Orchid Journal 17: 8-9 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium bigibbum f. phalaenopsis (Fitzg.) St.Cloud legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton legitimate

Adams, Peter B. (June 2018), The Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. complex a new classification and implications for hybrid registration. The Orchadian 19(4): 160 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Reichenbach Collection, Natural History Museum, Vienna."

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 674 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum bigibbum D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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