Masters, M.T. (1877), Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 7(161): 112, fig. 18 [nom. et stat. nov.]

replaced synonym: Dendrobium hillii Hook. nom. illeg.

Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 509 [secondary reference]

Fitzgerald, R.D. in Moore, C. (1893), Orchideae. Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 384 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium hillii Hook. nom. illeg.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 250 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 525 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 539 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium speciosum f. hillii (Mast.) Domin legitimate

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 114 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium hillii Hook. nom. illeg.

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 386-387 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium hillii Hook. nom. illeg.

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 386 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium speciosum f. hillii (Mast.) Dockrill isonym

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 29 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 480 [secondary reference]

common name: King Orchid [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 435 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium hillii Hook. nom. illeg.

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 62 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium tarberi M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Banks, D.P. & Clemesha, S.C. (1990), Dendrobium speciosum: a review of the species. Australian Orchid Review 55(6): 7 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum subsp. hillii (Mast.) D.P.Banks & Clemesha legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 468-469 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium hillii Hook. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium speciosum f. hillii (Mast.) Domin legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium speciosum subsp. hillii (Mast.) D.P.Banks & Clemesha legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrocoryne speciosum var. hillii Brieger nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium tarberi D.L.Jones nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium tarberi M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Weston, P.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Dendrobium. Flora of New South Wales 4: 231 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium tarberi M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A. & Sharma, I.K. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (2006), Towards a revision of the Thelychiton speciosus group. Australian Orchid Research 5: 43 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelychiton tarberi (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate by Masters, M.T. (1877), Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser 7(161): 112, fig. 18

Adams, P.B., Burke, J.M. & Lawson, S.D. (27 April 2006), A review of the taxonomy and relationships of the Dendrobium speciosum complex (Orchidaceae), and recognition of two new taxa. Telopea 11(2): 214 [secondary reference]

Adams, P.B., Burke, J.M. & Lawson, S.D. (10 January 2011), A new hierarchy conserving nomenclature for the Dendrobium speciosum Sm. complex (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae). Muelleria 29(1): 82 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelychiton tarberi (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 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, 86 [secondary reference]

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

isonym: Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii F.M.Bailey isonym

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum subsp. hillii (Mast.) D.P.Banks & Clemesha legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 686 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelychiton speciosus (Sm.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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