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

• Type: (not cited).

Reichenbach, H.G. (1871), Bemerkungen fur eine australische orchideenkunde. Beitrage zur Systematischen Pflanzenkunde: 68, inobs. [basionym]

basionym of: Drakaea ciliata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 180, 192 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond - holo: K-L, iso: FI, G. K."

nomenclatural synonym: Drakaea ciliata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

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: 224, 226-227 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 56 [secondary reference]

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]

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

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

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Drakaea ciliata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 216 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 216 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 90 [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: 306 [secondary reference]

common name: Elbow orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "fringed with hairs, alluding to the long hairs found along each side of the labellum"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 260 [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]

nomenclatural synonym: Drakaea ciliata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 47, 134 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Drakaea ciliata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 285-286 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Drakaea ciliata (Lindl.) Rchb.f. legitimate common name: Western Elbow Orchid [n/a]

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 ciliatus (fringed with hairs), in reference to the long hairs found on each side of the labellum."

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