Moore, S. le M. (7 December 1920), A contribution to the Flora of Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 45: 247, t. 13, fig. 13 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mt. Canala; forest; 1000 ft. 1151. In flower June."

Rauschert, S. (1983), Beitrag zur Nomenklatur der Orchidaceae. Feddes Repertorium Beiheft 94(7-8): 470 [basionym]

basionym of: Tropilis comptonii (Rendle) Rauschert legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Supplement: new species, discoveries and name changes. Native Orchids of Australia: 622 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum Maiden legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Tropilis comptonii (Rendle) Rauschert legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium drake-castilloi Kraenzl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tropilis drake-castilloi (Kraenzl.) Rauschert legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium macropus subsp. howeanum (Maiden) P.S.Green legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 454 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum Maiden legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 491 [basionym]

basionym of: Thelychiton comptonii (Rendle) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

misapplied to: Dendrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum Maiden legitimate by Jones, D.L. (1988), Supplement: new species, discoveries and name changes. Native Orchids of Australia: 622

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Dendrobium gracilicaule var. howeanum Maiden legitimate by Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 50

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