Schlechter, F.R.R. in Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (ed.) (1912), Die Orchidaceen von Deutsch-Neu-Guinea. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis Beihefte 1: 567 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land. Auf Bäumen am Strande von Morowe (Adolfhafen). c. 10 m. ü. d. M.– R. Schlechter no. 19214, blühend im April 1909; auf Bäumen am der Müdung des Waria c. 15 m ü. d. M.– R. Schlechter no. 19958, blühend im Jul. 1909."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 56 [secondary reference]

Lavarack, P.S. (August 1989), Orchids of Torres Strait: a report to the Australian Orchid Foundation: 17, 18 (fig.), 20 (photos), 21 (Table 3), 32, 34 [secondary reference]

• Text: :...large numbers of a new Dendrobium were found... subsequently proved to be D. litorale a species not previously recorded for Australia..."

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 612-613 [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 485 [basionym]

basionym of: Aporopsis litoralis (Schltr.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones nom. illeg.

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: 22, 139 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Dendrobium macfarlanei F.Muell. legitimate by Lavarack, P.S. (August 1989), Orchids of Torres Strait: a report to the Australian Orchid Foundation: 17, 18 (fig.), 20 (photos), 21 (Table 3), 32, 34

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Dendrobium macfarlanei F.Muell. legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 612-613

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