Orchidaceae Juss.
Eriochilus dilatatus Lindl. , legitimate, scientific
Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: liii. [tax. nov.]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 113 [secondary reference]
George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 181 BHL [secondary reference]
  • Type: Swan River, Mangles - holo.: K-L.
taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus multiflorus Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus latifolius Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus dilatatus var. brevifolius Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus dilatatus var. latifolius (Lindl.) Benth. legitimate
Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 348, 352-353 [secondary reference]
common name: White Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 55 [secondary reference]
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]
taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus multiflorus Lindl. legitimate common name: White Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 160 [secondary reference]
common name: White Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 77 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 369 [secondary reference]
common name: White Bunny Orchid [n/a]
Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (20 December 2006), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 3. new and reinstated taxa in Eriochilus. Nuytsia 16(1): 33-36, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]
Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 198 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "widened, alluding to the broad labellum and lateral sepals"
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Brundrett, M.C. & Hammer, T.A. (16 April 2020), The Eriochilus dilatatus (Orchidaceae) complex in Western Australia: subspecies taxonomy is not supported by consistent differences in morphology or distribution. Australian Systematic Botany 33(4): 341 [secondary reference]