Reichenbach, H.G. (25 May 1878), New garden plants. Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 9: 652 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "... I had received from Messrs. Veitch, flowered some time ago at the Victorian and Paradise Nursery."

• Etymology: "...Mr. B.S.Williams did the best to get the master of these lovely plants, so little seen before, by sending Mr. Goldie for a longer trip, both to Australia and to New Guinea... to be named Goldiei, in honour of its excellent discoverer."

Anonymous (14 September 1878), Dendrobium Goldiei (Rchb.). The Garden; an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches 14: 244, pl. CXLV [secondary reference]

• Text: "...discovered by Mr. Goldie, in the neighbourhood of Torres Straits."

Blake, S.T. (1964), Dendrobium bigibbum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and the Cooktown Orchid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74(4): 43 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Goldie possibly collected his plant on Darnley I. in 1876."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 62 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium x superbiens Rchb.f. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 600 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium x superbiens Rchb.f. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: x Vappaculum x superbiens (Rchb.f.) 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 x superbiens Rchb.f. legitimate

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