Cunningham, A. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1839), Miscellaneous Notices. Notes of Orchidaceous Epiphytes of New South Wales. Edwards's Botanical Register 25: 34 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On dead trees, in shaded woods at Moreton Bay. 1828. flowers not seen."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 98 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "`Moreton Bay', 1828, A. CunninghamJ.R. Clarkson & T.D. Stanley 832 (neotype BRI! here designated)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 50 [basionym]

basionym of: Oberonia complanata (A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 396 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oberonia complanata (A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Oberonia complanata (A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Geiger, D.L. (2019), Studies on Oberonia 5 (Orchidaceae: Malaxideae). Twenty-four new synonyms, and a corrected spelling. Blumea 64: 126 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oberonia complanata (A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 753 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oberonia complanata (A.Cunn.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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