Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1888), Australian Orchids 2(3): 5th plate [tax. nov.]

• Type: "I have named it after my friend, Captain Broomfield, who obtained it from Northern Australia, flowered it in his hot-houses, and kindly afforded me the opportunity of depicting it and many other Orchids."

Fitzgerald, R.D. (March 1888), Australian Orchids 2(3): back cover. [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium broomfieldii (Fitzg.) Fitzg. legitimate

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

Dockrill, A.W. (1964), Australian Plants 3: 30 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium discolor f. broomfieldii (Fitzg.) Dockrill legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 470 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium discolor f. broomfieldii (Fitzg.) Dockrill legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 52 [basionym]

basionym of: Dendrobium discolor var. broomfieldii (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 554 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dendrobium discolor var. broomfieldii (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (April 2002), Nomenclatural changes in the Dendrobieae (Orchidaceae) 1: The Australasian Region. The Orchadian 13(11): 489 [basionym]

basionym of: Durabaculum undulatum var. broomfieldii (Fitzg.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium discolor Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 671 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum discolor subsp. broomfieldii D.L.Jones nom. inval.

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