Kraenzlin, F.W.L. (3 December 1892), New or noteworthy plants. Gardeners' Chronicle. London. Series 3 12: 668 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "The plant flowered in Lord Rothchild's collection at Tring Park."

Blake, S.T. (1964), Dendrobium bigibbum, Dendrobium phalaenopsis and the Cooktown Orchid. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 74(4): 38 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium phalaenopsis Fitzg. 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: 15 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium bigibbum var. superbum Rchb.f. legitimate

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

• APC Comment: A Malesian taxon, now referred to Dendrobium striaenopsis M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, but not known to occur in Australia (see also S.C.Clemesha, The Orchadian 6: 27 (1978).

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