Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 25 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate

Bernhardt, P. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Caladenia. Flora of New South Wales 4: 207 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Orchidaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 764, Fig. 151a-e [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate

Bishop, A. (1996), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 1: 130-131, Plate 318 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Caladenia in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 32 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate

Jones, D.L., Wapstra, H., Tonelli, P. & Harris, S. (1999), The Orchids of Tasmania: 77 [secondary reference]

common name: Dusky Caladenia [n/a]

• Etymology: "brown, darkened (exterior)"

Bishop, A. (2000), Field guide to the orchids of New South Wales and Victoria Edn. 2: 130-131, Plate 318 [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): 410 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Petalochilus fuscatus (Rchb.f.) 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, 23 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus fuscatus (Rchb.f.) 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): 186 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus fuscatus (Rchb.f.) 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: 193 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus fuscatus (Rchb.f.) 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 [secondary reference]

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, 63, 67, 83, 93, 105, 110 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus fuscatus (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caladenia fuscata D.L.Jones nom. inval.

• APC Comment: Treated as Petalochilus fuscatus in the ACT.
• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 78 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caladenia carnea var. fuscata Rchb.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Petalochilus fuscatus (Rchb.f.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Dusky Fingers [n/a]

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