Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1977 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "A peculiar growth found near the pumping station on Stradbroke Island;"

• Comment: Bailey refers to Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric., Queensland 5: 28 and Lith. Queensl. ferns t. 132 (1892) but in both works the taxon is described but is not named.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 645 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 50 [basionym]

basionym of: Dryopteris parasitica var. decurtata (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1976), The genus Christella Leveille, sect. Christella. Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae, XI. Kew Bulletin 31(2): 314 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Christella dentata (Forssk.) Brownsey & Jermy legitimate

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