Lindley, J. (November 1838), The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants: 356 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

George, A.S. (5 May 1971), A check list of the Orchidaceae of Western Australia. Nuytsia 1(2): 185 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1984), Orchids of South-West Australia: 243 [secondary reference]

common name: South African Orchid [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: 415 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 96 [secondary reference]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 319-320 [secondary reference]

common name: South African Orchid [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 375 [secondary reference]

Bytebier, B., Bellstedt, D.U. & Linder, H.P. (2008), A new phylogeny-based sectional classification for the large African orchid genus Disa. Taxon 57(4): 1242 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Disa Bergius legitimate

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