Schlechter, F.R.R. (February 1907), Orchidaceae novae et criticae. Decas X. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 3: 317 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland: Auf dem Mount Bellenden Ker – Christie Palmerston, im Jahre 1888."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 526 [secondary reference]

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 410 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium adae F.M.Bailey legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 45 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium adae F.M.Bailey legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 482 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium adae F.M.Bailey legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium adae F.M.Bailey legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 681 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelychiton adae (F.M.Bailey) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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