Cunningham, A. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (1839), Miscellaneous Notices. Notes of Orchidaceous Epiphytes of New South Wales. Edwards's Botanical Register 25: 33 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "It is a plant growing on trees in ravines of the Blue Mountains."

Rupp, H.M.R. (1937), A census of the orchids of New South Wales, 1937. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62: 27 [basionym]

basionym of: Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A.Cunn.) Rupp legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 123 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A.Cunn.) Rupp legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 546 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A.Cunn.) Rupp legitimate

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 26 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A.Cunn.) Rupp legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Dendrobium crassulaefolium A.Cunn. orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. legitimate

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