Bailey, F.M. (1884), Contributions to the Queensland Flora. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 1(1): 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Described from a single plant now flowering in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, sent from near Herberton by J.W.R. Stuart ..."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 3 [secondary reference]

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 655 [basionym]

basionym of: Callista stuartii (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze legitimate

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

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 478-479 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Callista stuartii (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium whiteanum T.E.Hunt legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 486 [secondary reference]

Upton, W.T. (1989), Dendrobium Orchids of Australia: 122-123, Fig. 71, Pl. 64 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 61-62 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "cult Brisbane Botanic Gardens ex `Herberton', J.W.R. Stuart s.n. (holo BRI not found; neotype Fitzgerald's illustration of D. stuartii in Austral. orch. 2(3) [t. 6] (1888) CBG! here designated)."

nomenclatural synonym: Callista stuartii (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium whiteanum T.E.Hunt legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 534-535 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Callista stuartii (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium whiteanum T.E.Hunt legitimate

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 309 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Harris, W.K. in Henderson, R.J.F. (ed.) (2002), Orchidaceae. Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: 137 [secondary reference]

Christenson, E.A. (June 2002), Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindley, an earlier name for Dendrobium stuartii Bailey. The Orchadian 13(12): 569 [secondary reference]

• Text: "...shown to be a widespread weedy species with an earlier available name from Sri Lanka..."

Christenson, E.A. (June 2002), Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindley, an earlier name for Dendrobium stuartii Bailey. The Orchadian 13(12): 569 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindl. legitimate

Christenson, E. & Wood, H. (September 2003), The mystery of Limodorum aphyllum. Orchids 72(10): 776 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. 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: 23, 86 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Callista stuartii (F.M.Bailey) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium whiteanum T.E.Hunt legitimate misapplication: Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindl. legitimate by Christenson, E.A. (June 2002), Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindley, an earlier name for Dendrobium stuartii Bailey. The Orchadian 13(12): 569-570 misapplication: Dendrobium aphyllum (Roxb.) C.E.C.Fisch. legitimate by Christenson, E. & Wood, H. (September 2003), The mystery of Limodorum aphyllum. Orchids 72(10): 776-777

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 654 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium macrostachyum Lindl. legitimate

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