Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 57 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Grafton area, New South Wales, 22 Aug. 1986, M. A. Clements 4156 & J. Groves (holo CBG!, iso BRI! CBG! K! NSW!)."

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 496 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium tetragonum var. melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Dockrill legitimate

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Dendrobium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 233 [secondary reference]

common name: A Spider Orchid [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 188, Plate 452 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 188, Plate 452 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 136 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 490 [basionym]

basionym of: Tetrabaculum melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Adams, Peter B. (10 January 2011), New combinations and two new central Queensland taxa in the Dendrobium tetragonum (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae) complex. Muelleria 29(1): 77 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium tetragonum var. melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Dockrill 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: 22, 71 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium tetragonum var. melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) Dockrill legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Tetrabaculum melaleucaphilum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium tetragonum var. melaleucophilum Peter B.Adams orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium melaleucaphilum D.L.Jones nom. inval. misapplication: Dendrobium tetragonum A.Cunn. legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 420-422, Pl. 13

• APC Comment: Included in Dendrobium tetragonum in Qld.
• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 689 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelychiton melaleucaphilus D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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