Rupp, H.M.R. (1 December 1941), Dendrobium wilkianum, sp.nov. The North Queensland Naturalist 10(67): 4 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Babinda, North Queensland, J.H. Wilkie, 10/1941"

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 474-475 [secondary reference]

Cribb, P.J. & Blaxell, D.F. (June 1983), A reassessment of Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaud. and the true identity of D. wilkianum Rupp. The Orchadian 7(8): 175 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Cribb, P.J. (15 August 1986), A revision of Dendrobium sect. Spatulata (Orchidaceae). Kew Bulletin 41(3): 615-6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 466, 495 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 57 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1994), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 2: 548 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum mirbelianum (Gaudich.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Dendrobium wilkianum Rupp orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dendrobium mirbelianum Gaudich. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 669 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Durabaculum mirbelianum (Gaudich.) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones legitimate

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