Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: lvi [tax. nov.]

• Type: Spiculaea ciliata Lindley

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drakaea Lindl. legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 42-43 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drakaea Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Arthrochilus F.Muell. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 468 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 199-201 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 192 [secondary reference]

Blaxell, D.F. (14 December 1972), Arthrochilus F.Muell. and related genera (Orchidaceae) in Australasia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 279 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 225 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchids [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 839 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 172-173 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 135 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 215 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [secondary reference]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 305 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "little spike, alluding to the small inflorescence"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 813 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 259 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 22 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Spiculea Hopper, S.J.van Leeuwen, A.P.Br. & S.J.Patrick orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Spiculaea Lindl. sect. Spiculaea legitimate taxonomic synonym: Spiculaea sect. Euspiculaea R.S.Rogers nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 285 [secondary reference]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 206 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin spiculum (sharp point or sting), in reference to the appendage at the tip of the labellum."

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