Hooker, J.D. (1864), Handbook of the New Zealand Flora 1: 375 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Aspidium vestitum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate

Nicolson, D.H. & Fosberg, F.R. (2003), The Forsters and the botany of the second Cook expedition (1772-1775). Regnum Vegetabile 139: 139 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum vestitum (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate

Perrie, L.R., Brownsey, P.J., Lockhart, P.J. & Large, M.F. (2003), Morphological and genetic diversity in the New Zealand fern Polystichum vestitum (Dryopteridaceae), with special reference to the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4): 593 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum vestitum (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate

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