Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 373 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River, Drummond; Murchison river, Oldfield."

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

• Lectotype: Murchison River, Oldfield - lecto.: K; Swan River, Drummond syn.: K.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochilus dilatatus Lindl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochilus multiflorus Lindl. legitimate

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (20 December 2006), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 3. new and reinstated taxa in Eriochilus. Nuytsia 16(1): 38 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Murchison River, Oldfield s.n. (a) (lecto: K-L, here chosen)."

• Text: "Bentham (1873) cited two collections under his Eriochilus dilatatus var. brevifolius – Swan River, Drummond, and the lectotype, Murchison River, Oldfield. The Drummond specimen appears to be E. dilatatus subsp. multiflorus."

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (20 December 2006), Contributions to Western Australian orchidology: 3. new and reinstated taxa in Eriochilus. Nuytsia 16(1): 38 [basionym]

basionym of: Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. brevifolius (Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. brevifolius (Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

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): 343 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. brevifolius (Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 203 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Eriochilus dilatatus subsp. brevifolius (Benth.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

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