Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1836), Tentamen Pteridographiae: 194 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Lamouroux (1809).

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 41 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Derived from diktyon, a net."

Smith, J. (1875), Historia Filicum: 195 [secondary reference]

• Type: Dictyopteris irregularis (C.Presl) C.Presl

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

taxonomic synonym of: Polypodium L. legitimate

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