Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

Lindley, J. (1854), Plantae Muellerianae: Orchideae. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 26: 242 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra lilacina Lindl. nom. inval., pro syn.

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 318-319 [secondary reference]

Sargent, O.H. (1906), Orchids occurring in York. Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society 2(3): 11 [secondary reference]

Nicholls, W.H. (1935), The sun orchids of Australia. Orchidologia Zeylanica 2(4): 155 [secondary reference]

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 193 [secondary reference]

• Type: "King George Sound, R. Brown, Dec. 1801 - holo.: BM."

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra azurea R.S.Rogers legitimate

Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 46-47 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra azurea R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Azure Sun-orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 44-45 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

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

Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 2135-2136 [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: 841 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra azurea R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 290 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 138 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "`Found at a swamp in Princes Royals Harbour, King Georges Sound, South west of New Holland', Dec. 1801, F. Bauer s.n. (lectotype specimen (a) BM! here designated, isolectotype BM! E!, icon BM!)."

Bates, R.J. & Weber, J.Z. (7 December 1990), Orchids of South Australia: 152 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Thelymitra azurea R.S.Rogers legitimate

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 257 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

Weber, J.Z. & Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Thelymitra. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 845, Fig. 178h [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Thelymitra azurea R.S.Rogers legitimate common name: Azure Sun-orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 257 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. in Banks, D.P. (ed.) (1998), A taxonomic review of Thelymitra in Tasmania. Australian Orchid Research 3: 199 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 91 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

Jeanes, J.A. (28 August 2001), Resolution of the Thelymitra canaliculata R.Br. (Orchidaceae) complex in southern Australian. Muelleria 15: 76-79, Figs 1, 3, 8 (map) [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 389 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

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

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

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: 201 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Not in South Australia.

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: 201 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Thelymitra azurea R.S.Rogers legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 314

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 324 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue sun orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "channelled, alluding to the prominently striped flowers"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 309 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun 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: 48, 134 [secondary reference]

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

• APC Dist.: WA

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

misapplied to: Thelymitra jonesii Jeanes legitimate by Curtis, W.M. (1980), Angiospermae: Orchidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4A: 46-47

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

misapplied to: Thelymitra azurea R.S.Rogers legitimate by Weber, J.Z. in Jessop, J.P. & Toelken, H.R. (ed.) (1986), Flora of South Australia Edn. 4, 2: 2135-2136

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 447 [secondary reference]

common name: Flushed Sun Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 214 [secondary reference]

common name: Blue Sun Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin canaliculus (small groove, or channel), in reference to the channelled leaf."

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