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

• Type: "(D.) D. Paterson. v.s." [given by A.S.George, Nuytsia 1 (1971) 169, as "Port Dalrymple, Tas., Paterson – holo.: BM."].

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]

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

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate

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

Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 209, 240 [secondary reference]

Rogers, R.S. in Black, J.M. (1922), Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 141 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Mis-shapen.

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 235-236 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "mis-shapen"

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

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia unguiculata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate

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]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 169, 177 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia unguiculata Lindl. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 113, Fig. 20 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Fairies [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 182-183 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Beard [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 54 [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: 813 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Fairy Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 98 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Fairies [n/a] common name: Bluebeard Caladenia [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 23 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Tasmania, Port Dalrymple', Paterson s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM!, here designated)."

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia unguiculata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia barbata Lindl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia deformis var. albiflora Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia deformis var. alba Guilf. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 44-45 (map), Figs i-vi & 72, Plate 37 [secondary reference]

common name: bluebeard caladenia [n/a] common name: Blue fairies [n/a]

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 209 [secondary reference]

common name: Bluebeard Caladenia [n/a] common name: Blue Fairy [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 759, Fig. 149c-e [secondary reference]

common name: Bluebeard Caladenia [n/a]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 126, Plate 305 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Fairies [n/a]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 28 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 72 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Fairies [n/a]

• Etymology: "disfigured (labellum calli)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 126, Plate 305 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Fairies [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 deformis (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 deformis (R.Br.) Szlach. legitimate

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.K. & Mackenzie, A.M. (September 2001), A new classification of Caladenia R.Br. (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(9): 411 [basionym]

basionym of: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jeanes, J.A. in Ross, J.H. & Walsh, N.G. (June 2003), Orchidaceae. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Victoria Edn. 7: 19 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 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): 235 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005), Census of South Australian Vascular Plants 5th Edition. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens Supplement 1: 198 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 234 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. 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: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 209 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pheladenia deformis (R.Br.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

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