Blaxell, D.F. (14 December 1972), Arthrochilus F.Muell. and related genera (Orchidaceae) in Australasia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(5): 280 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Paracaleana minor (R.Br.) Blaxell

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 88 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 31 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 371 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Ducks [n/a]

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: 830 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 168-169 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Orchidaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 367 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 33 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caleana R.Br. legitimate

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 60, Fig. 9 [secondary reference]

common name: Small duck-orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "The name Paracaleana (resembling Caleana) indicates the small duck orchid's resemblance to Caleana."

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 207 [secondary reference]

common name: Duck Orchids [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 376 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L., Clements, M.A., Sharma, I.S., Mackenzie, A.M. & Molloy, B.P.J. (January 2002), Nomenclatural notes arising from studies into the Tribe Diurideae (Orchidaceae). The Orchadian 13(10): 458 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2005), Miscellaneous nomenclature notes and changes in Australian, New Guinea and New Zealand Orchidaceae. The Orchadian 15(1): 36 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sullivania F.Muell. legitimate

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 214-215 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sullivania F.Muell. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 231 [secondary reference]

common name: Duck orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "parallel, alluding to its close relationship to the genus Caleana"

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 629 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 243 [secondary reference]

common name: Duck Orchids [n/a]

Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 15 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Caleana R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Caleana R.Br. legitimate

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (10 December 2019), Update on generic and specific nomenclature in Paracaleana (Drakaeinae), Caladeniinae and a new name in Caladenia (Orchidaceae). Nuytsia 30: 280 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (19 November 2021), Notes on Australasian Orchidaceae 7: updates on the nomenclature of Sullivania (Diurideae: Drakaeinae). Lankesteriana 21(3): 313 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sullivania F.Muell. legitimate

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 56 [secondary reference]

common name: Duck Orchids [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Greek para (beside, alongside) and the genus Caleana referring to its close relationship with the genus Caleana."

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