Bernhardi, J.J. in Schrader, H.A. (ed.) (November 1805), Dritter Versuch einer Anordnung der Farrnkräuter. Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(2): 27 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Polypodium fragile L. legitimate

Bernhardi, J.J. in Schrader, H.A. (ed.) (1806), Neues Journal fur die Botanik: t. II, fig. 9 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 95 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 139 [secondary reference]

Baker, J.G. (April 1891), A summary of the new ferns which have been discovered or described since 1874. Annals of Botany 5(18): 203 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Woodsia laetevirens Prent. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 288 [secondary reference]

Blasdell, R. (1963), Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 21: 38-41 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cystopteris filixfragilis (L.) Borbás legitimate

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 116-117, Fig. 67 [secondary reference]

common name: Brittle bladder-fern [n/a]

Jones, D.L. & Clemesha, S.C. (1981), Australian ferns and fern allies Edn. 2: 123 [secondary reference]

Duncan, B.D. & Isaac, G. (1986), Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: 179 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Athyriaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 430 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cystopteris tasmanica Hook. legitimate by Jones, D.L. & Clemesha, S.C. (1981), Australian ferns and fern allies Edn. 2: 123

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Cystopteris tasmanica Hook. legitimate by Duncan, B.D. & Isaac, G. (1986), Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: 179

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cystopteris tasmanica Hook. legitimate by Jones, D.L. & Clemesha, S.C. (1981), Australian ferns and fern allies Edn. 2: 123

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Cystopteris tasmanica Hook. legitimate by Duncan, B.D. & Isaac, G. (1986), Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: 179

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