Bernhardi, J.J. in Schrader, H.A. (ed.) (November 1805), Dritter Versuch einer Anordnung der Farrnkräuter. Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(2): 38 [nom. nov.]

• Type: Dicranopteris dichotoma (Murray) Bernh.

replaced synonym: Mertensia Willd. nom. illeg.

Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1848), Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Bohmischen. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 5, 5 (2): 339 [basionym]

basionym of: Mertensia sect. Dicranopteris (Bernh.) C.Presl legitimate

Mettenius, G.H. (1864), Filices, Praesertim Indicae et Iaponicae. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 1(7-8): 49 [basionym]

basionym of: Gleichenia subg. Dicranopteris (Bernh.) Mett. legitimate

Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 56-71 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (1958), The Pteridophyta of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 172, 175 [secondary reference]

Holttum, R.E. (December 1959), Gleicheniaceae. Flora Malesiana Series II 1(1): 31 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 48 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 7 [secondary reference]

Kramer, K.U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Gleicheniaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 149-151, Figs. 74A, 75D-J, 77, 78A-C, 79 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 37 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 268 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Mertensia Willd. nom. illeg.

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 30 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 160 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium 2. Dicranopteris Blume ex Endl. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mertensia sect. Dicranopteris (Bernh.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia subg. Dicranopteris (Bernh.) Mett. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW, NI

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 37 [secondary reference]

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 21 [secondary reference]

Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 710 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 270 [secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 11 [secondary reference]

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): 26 [secondary reference]

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