Hunt, P.F. & Summerhayes, V.S. (1961), Notes on Asiatic Orchids III. Taxon 10(4): 103 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Desmotrichum comatum Blume legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 314-315 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Desmotrichum comatum Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Callista comata (Blume) Kuntze legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dendrobium comatum (Blume) Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium criniferum Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrobium thysanochilum Schltr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmotrichum scopa (Lindl.) Kraenzl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Desmotrichum criniferum (Lindl.) Kraenzl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ephemerantha thysanochila (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. legitimate

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 80 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes legitimate

Dockrill, A.W. (1993), Australian Indigenous Orchids Edn. 2, 1: 418 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Flickingeria comata (Blume) A.D.Hawkes legitimate

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

misapplied to: Flickingeria clementsii D.L.Jones legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 314-315

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