Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 322 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Eriochilus autumnalis R.Br. (nom. illeg.)

• Comment: Orthographic variants include ERIOCHYLUS E.G.Steudel, Nom. Bot. ed. 2, 1 (1940) 586.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 538 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 133 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Greek erion, wool; kheilos, a lip.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 227 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 52-53 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 468 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 118 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 181 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 91 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 30 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 349 [secondary reference]

common name: Bunny Orchids [n/a]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Orchidaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2: 826 [secondary reference]

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Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 77 [secondary reference]

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 87-88, Figs 44 & 46 [secondary reference]

doubtful misapplication: Bunny orchids [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 177 [secondary reference]

common name: Bunny Orchids [n/a]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Eriochilus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 210 [secondary reference]

common name: Parson's bands [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 750 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 163 [secondary reference]

common name: Parson's Bands [n/a]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 145 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The labellum ... has unusual tufts of hairs, a characteristic reflected in the generic name which is derived from the Greek erion (wool) and cheilos (lip)."

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 163 [secondary reference]

common name: Parson's Bands [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 369 [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (20 December 2006), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 3. new and reinstated taxa in Eriochilus. Nuytsia 16(1): 30-32 [secondary reference]

• Type: (here selected): Eriochilus cucullatus R.Br. [Eriochilus autumnalis R.Br. nom. illeg.]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 197 [secondary reference]

common name: Bunny orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "woolly lip, alluding to the woolly surface of the labellum"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 278 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "from the Greek erion, wool and cheilos, lip; reference to the hairs on the labellum"

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 315 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 219 [secondary reference]

common name: Bunny Orchids [n/a]

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

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 198 [secondary reference]

common name: Parson's Bands [n/a] common name: Bunny Orchids [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 8 [secondary reference]

common name: Bunny Orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Greek erio (wool) and -cheilos (lip), in reference to the woolly surface of the labellum."

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