Smith, J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1841), Enumeratio Filicum Philippinarum; or a systematic arrangement of the ferns collected by H. Cuming, Esq., F.L.S., in the Philippine islands and the peninsula of Malacca, between the years 1836 and 1840. The Journal of Botany 3(24): 397 [nom. nov.]

basionym: Polypodium diversifolium R.Br. nom. illeg.

Smith, J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1841), An arrangement and definition of the genera of ferns, with observations on the affinities of each genus. The Journal of Botany 4(26): 61 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 46, Fig. 37 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 191 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Polypodiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 210: 31 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Polypodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 475 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

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