Hill, W. (1874), Appendix: Description of some of the plants discovered during the north-east coast expedition. Report on the Brisbane Botanic Garden: 6 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Bellenden-Kerr Range, at an elevation of 4,500 feet."

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dicksoniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 191, Fig. 61, Map 162 [secondary reference]

common name: Bristly Tree Fern [n/a]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 853 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Dicksonia herberti W.Hill orth. var.

• APC Dist.: Qld

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 34 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Bellenden Ker Range, Queensland, 28 Nov. 1873, W.Hill s.n. (lecto, designated here: K 001090427*; isolecto: MEL 604904*)."

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