Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Type:"...from Sir Will. Macarthur's conservatory collections... supposed to occur wild in Northern Queensland. It may, however, have come from New Guinea through Mr. Reedy..."
misapplication:
DendrobiumxsuperbiensRchb.f.legitimate
by Fitzgerald, R.D.(January 1884), Australian Orchids2(1): [5th plate]
Comment:Mueller indicates that this name had been published in the Melbourne Leader newspaper (Feb. 1884), but it is given there only on a provisional basis.