Fitzgerald, R.D. (July 1875), Australian Orchids 1(1): 3rd plate [tax. nov.]

• Type: "I found growing on the swampy flats on the tops of the mountains and on the stony talli of the cliffs known as "walls" round Bowenfels."

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, 232 [secondary reference]

Rupp, H.M.R. (January 1944), The Orchids of New South Wales: 66 [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]

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 109-110 [secondary reference]

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

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

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

• Lectotype: "`Swampy flats on the tops of mountains & on the stony talli of the cliffs known as "walls" round Bowenfels', Oct., R.D. Fitzgerald s.n. (holo not found; lectotype Fitzgerald's plate K! here designated)."

taxonomic synonym: Caladenia praecox Nicholls legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia testacea var. praecox (Nicholls) Nicholls legitimate

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 205 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 135, Plate 329 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 44 [secondary reference]

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 135, Plate 329 [secondary reference]

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): 414 [basionym]

basionym of: Stegostyla dimorpha (Fitzg.) 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): 207 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla dimorpha (Fitzg.) 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 [doubtful misapplied]

doubtful misapplied to: Caladenia gracilis R.Br. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 109-110

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: 8, 67 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla dimorpha (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

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

doubtful misapplied to: Caladenia gracilis R.Br. legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 109-110

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 88-89 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Stegostyla dimorpha (Fitzg.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Spicy Caps [n/a]

---