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): 283 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 370, 372-373 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 55, 56 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. legitimate

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: 830-831 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. legitimate common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 170-171 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck [n/a] common name: Western Duck Orchid [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 34 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 208 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 208 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 87 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]

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

common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]

Western Australian Herbarium (2003), FloraBase: the Western Australian Flora Version 2: - [secondary reference]

Hopper, S.D. & Brown, A.P. (30 June 2006), Australia's wasp-pollinated flying duck orchids revised (Paracaleana: Orchidaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 19(3): 234-237, Figs 1, 2, 20, 21, 22 (map) [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sullivania nigrita (J.Drumm. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 232 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying duck orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "black, alluding to the first collections having been made in burnt black ashy areas"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 245 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck Orchid [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): 17 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. 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: 234-235, photos 1-4 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]

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: 30, 130 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Caleana nigrita J.Drumm. ex Lindl. 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]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 293 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sullivania nigrita (J.Drumm. ex Lindl.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 64 [secondary reference]

common name: Flying Duck Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin nigrita (black), in reference to the first collections being made in burnt ashy areas and the dark colouration of the flower making it hard to see against the burnt background."

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