Reichenbach, H.G. (31 August 1867), New plants. The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette 35: 901 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none cited).

Reichenbach, H.G. (17 February 1870), Xenia Orchidacea 2(7): 167, t. 169, fig. IV, 10 [secondary reference]

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

• Text: "Hab. : Thursday Island (J.J.Smith)."

Rupp, H.M.R. & Hunt, T.E. (15 January 1948), A review of the genus Dendrobium (Orchidaceae) in Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 72: 242 [secondary reference]

• Text: "...believed to be an Australian plant..."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium gouldii Rchb.f. legitimate

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