Butzin, F.R. (1982), Tropilis Raf., ein ubersehener Gattungsname bei den Orchideen. Willdenowia 12(2): 250 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Dendrobium speciosum Sm. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum Sm. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 457 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum Sm. 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: 41 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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

isonym: Tropilis speciosa (Sm.) Rauschert isonym

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum Sm. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium speciosum Sm. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 685 [nomenclatural synonym]

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

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