 "Corybas aconitiflorus" was first formally described by Richard Salisbury, allegedly from a colour plate prepared by Ferdinand Bauer and thus became the type species for the genus.The description was published in "The Paradisus Londinensis".Salisbury stated that the name of the genus was derived from similarity of the flowers to the covered head of the Greek (), a male dancer, shown in illustrations wearing a crested helmet, who worshipped the goddess Cybele.