Watts, W.W. (13 September 1916), Some cryptogamic notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41(2): 382-383 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Lastrea acuminata Houlston legitimate misapplication: Aspidium acuminatum Willd. legitimate by Lowe, E.J. (1857), Ferns: British and Exotic ... London 6: pl. xi

• Comment: Reference to basionym indirect, via Watts's citation of "Lastraea acuminata Moore, (1858)". T.Moore, Index Fil. 84 (1858) cites "ASPIDIUM... acuminatum, Hort. Ang.—Lastrea acuminata."

Christensen, C.F.A. (1944), A new combination in Dryopteris. The Victorian Naturalist 60: 155 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryopteris shepherdii (Kunze ex Mett.) C.Chr. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 407 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lastreopsis acuminata (Houlston) C.V.Morton legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Lastreopsis acuminata (Houlston) C.V.Morton legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lastreopsis acuminata (Houlston) C.V.Morton legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Parapolystichum acuminatum (Houlston) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran legitimate

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