Mueller, F.J.H. von (November 1859), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(8): 190-191 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In silvis ad Illawarra, ubi Dendrobio teretifolio, D. pungentifolio, D. linguiformi, cuidam Bolbophyllo, Cymbidio suavi, Sarcochilo falcato aliisque Orchideis epiphytis adsociatum. T.W. Shepherd."

Reichenbach, H.G. (17 February 1870), Xenia Orchidacea 2(7): 166 [basionym]

basionym of: Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 288 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum shepherdii Benth. nom. illeg.

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 677 [basionym]

basionym of: Phyllorkis shepherdii (F.Muell.) Kuntze legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 123 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A.Cunn.) Rupp legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 546 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bulbophyllum crassulifolium (A.Cunn.) Rupp legitimate

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 443 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 18 [secondary reference]

• Type: "... T.W. Shepherd s.n. (holo MEL!)."

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 15, 18 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 742 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Australian and New Zealand Bulbophyllinae and Eriinae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(11): 500 [basionym]

basionym of: Oxysepala shepherdii (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Dendrobium shepherdi F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Bulbophyllum shepherdii (F.Muell.) Rchb.f. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 706 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Oxysepala shepherdii (F.Muell.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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