Lindley, J. (1 January 1840), A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony: liii. [tax. nov.]

• Type: (none cited)

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): 182 [secondary reference]

• Type: Swan River, Drummond - holo.: K-L

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 182 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochilus scaber Lindl. legitimate

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: 827 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Eriochilus scaber Lindl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 160 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 78 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 186 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 186 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 86 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 371 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender 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): 54-57, Figs 6C, (map), 7 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 202 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender bunny orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "thin, fine, alluding to the slender form of the plant"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 230 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 27, 129 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Eriochilus tenuis Lindl. var. tenuis legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 206 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Eriochilus tenuis var. robustior Rchb.f. legitimate common name: Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 24 [secondary reference]

common name: Slender Bunny Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin tenuis (thin, fine, slender), in reference to the narrow form of the plant."

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