Nicholls, W.H. (1950), Additions to the Orchidaceae of Australia II. The Victorian Naturalist 66(12): 225, figs N–O. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Font Hills, Cliff Trig, west of Port Douglas (16°39′ South, 145°08′ East), North Queensland (leg. J.A. Blackburn, then in 3rd Austr. Fd. Svy. Coy., A.I.F., July, 1945)."

Dockrill, A.W. (1964), Australian Plants: 224 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium ruppianum var. blackburnii (Nicholls) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 392 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium ruppianum var. blackburnii (Nicholls) Dockrill legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 54 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium jonesii subsp. blackburnii (Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 472 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium jonesii Rendle 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 jonesii subsp. blackburnii (Nicholls) 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 jonesii Rendle legitimate

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