White, C.T. (1941), Australian Orchid Review 6: 53, & plates [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A flower in the Herbarium, Brisbane."

Blake, S.T. (1964), Dendrobium bigibbum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and the Cooktown Orchid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74(4): 34 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 442 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium bigibbum subvar. compactum (C.T.White) Dockrill legitimate

Upton, W.T. (1989), Dendrobium Orchids of Australia: 30 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum (C.T.White) Upton legitimate

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

• Lectotype: "cult. Brisbane ex 'Hartley's Creek, Queensland', Mar. 1941, A. Hilsden s.n. (lectotype BRI! here designated)."

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

replaced synonym of: Dendrobium lithocola D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Vappodes lithocola (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Adams, Peter B. (2015), Dendrobium bigibbum (sect. Phalaenanthe) in Australia - analysis of diagnostic characters, review of taxa and a new classification. Kew Bulletin 70: 16 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum (C.T.White) Peter B.Adams isonym

Adams, P.B. & Lawson, S.D. (2016), Classification, variation and biogeography in the Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. (Section Phalaenanthe) complex. Malesian Orchid Journal 17: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. compactum (C.T.White) Peter B.Adams isonym

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. & Paxton legitimate

Adams, Peter B. (June 2018), The Dendrobium bigibbum Lindl. complex a new classification and implications for hybrid registration. The Orchadian 19(4): 162 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 675 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum phalaenopsis D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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