Fitzgerald, R.D. (24 September 1879), To the Editor of the Herald. The Sydney Morning Herald 12941: 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "I am indepted to Mr. J.S. Edgar, of the Botanic Gardens, Rockhampton."

Fitzgerald, R.D. (29 November 1879), New Garden Plants. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 12(309): 680 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 525 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1964), Australian Plants 3: 30 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium discolor var. fuscum (Fitzg.) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 470 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium discolor var. fuscum (Fitzg.) Dockrill legitimate

Cribb, P.J. (15 August 1986), A revision of Dendrobium sect. Spatulata (Orchidaceae). Kew Bulletin 41(3): 665 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 52 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium discolor var. fuscum (Fitzg.) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 555 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium discolor var. fuscum (Fitzg.) Dockrill legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 487 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium discolor var. fuscum (Fitzg.) Dockrill legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 487 [basionym]

basionym of: Durabaculum fuscum (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium discolor Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 671 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum discolor subsp. albertisiana D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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