Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (2017), New combinations in Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Review 82(2): 63 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Acianthus sublestus Dockrill legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Acianthus sublestus Dockrill legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Acianthus sublestis M.B.Thomas & W.J.McDonald orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Acianthopsis sublestus (Dockrill) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Acianthella sublesta (Dockrill) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Univiscidiatus sublestus D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. nom. inval. misapplication: Acianthus amplexicaulis (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1 May 1955), Retraction of a species of Orchidaceae (Acianthus sublestus). The North Queensland Naturalist 23(111): 6 misapplication: Acianthus amplexicaulis (F.M.Bailey) Rolfe legitimate by Dockrill, A.W. (1969), Australian Indigenous Orchids: 172-173

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 55 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acianthopsis sublestus (Dockrill) Szlach. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Acianthella sublesta (Dockrill) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Univiscidiatus sublestus D.L.Jones nom. inval., pro syn. common name: Northern Elf Orchid [n/a]

Brown, G.K. (December 2021), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2020 to 2021. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2021: 10 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Acianthus sublestus Dockrill legitimate

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