Hooker, W.J. (1840), Genera Filicum: t. 47B [comb. nov.]

basionym: Osmunda zeylanica L. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 113 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 67, Fig. 62 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 136 [secondary reference]

Beddome, R.H. (1883), Handbook to the Ferns of British India: 467 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 635 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 226, Fig. 53 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Osmunda zeylanica L. legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 217 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 150 [secondary reference]

common name: Flowering Fern [n/a]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 3 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 25 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 2 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Ophioglossaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 27-28, Fig. 2A [secondary reference]

common name: Flowering Fern [n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Ophioglossaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 103, Figs 10, 46D, Map 61 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Osmunda zeylanica L. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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): 16, Fig. 3A, map [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Osmunda zeylanica L. legitimate

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): 14 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Osmunda zeylanica L. legitimate

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