Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 324 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(J.D.) v.v."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 90 [secondary reference]

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

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 5 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 206 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 261 [secondary reference]

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

Domin, K. (1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 549-550 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 140 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Sky-blue.
• Comment: Cited as C. coerulea.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 235 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "sky-blue"

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 68-69 [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: 465 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 122 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 169 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Port Jackson, R. Brown May, 1802; June 1803; Sept. 1804 – BM."

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 44 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 194 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Spider Orchid [n/a] common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a] common name: Blue Fingers [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 27 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 179 [secondary reference]

common name: Tiny Blue [n/a] common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 54, 193 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 94-95 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 375 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 21 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Port Jackson, Sydney', May 1802, Jun. 1803, Sep. 1804, R. Brown s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated)"

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 206 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia caerulea var. heliotropica Rupp legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyanicula caerulea P.Bernhardt nom. inval., pro syn. common name: Parson-in-the-pulpit [n/a] common name: Blue Fairy [n/a] common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 126, Plate 306 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 126, Plate 306 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (June 2000), New genera , subgenera, combinations, and species in the Caladenia alliance (Orchidaceae: Diurideae). Lindleyana 15(2): 121 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyanicula caerulea (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

Szlachetko, D.L. (28 February 2001), Genera et species Orchidalium. 1. Polish Botanical Journal 46(1): 20 [basionym]

basionym of: Pentisea caerulea (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (29 April 2004), Robert Brown's Caladenia revisited, including a revision of its sister genera Cyanicula, Ericksonella and Pheladenia (Caladeniinae: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 17(2): 230 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyanicula caerulea (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (2008), Field Guide to the orchids of the Australian Capital Territory: 277 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "blue"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Caladenia coerulea F.Muell. orth. var.

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 26 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia caerulea R.Br. var. caerulea legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 26 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyanicula caerulea (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 95 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyanicula caerulea (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyanicula caerulea (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Cyanicula aperta Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate by Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 179

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyanicula aperta Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate by Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 54, 193

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 94 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyanicula caerulea (R.Br.) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pentisea caerulea (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia caerulea var. heliotropica Rupp legitimate taxonomic synonym: Cyanicula caerulea var. heliotropica (Rupp) Hopper & A.P.Br. legitimate common name: Blue Caladenia [n/a]

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