Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 147 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (14 December 1816), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 4(2): 520 [basionym]

basionym of: Polypodium proliferum (R.Br.) Poir. nom. illeg.

Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. in Belanger, C.P. (ed.) (1833), Voyage aux Indes Orientales 2(1): 67 [basionym]

basionym of: Hypopeltis prolifera (R.Br.) Bory legitimate

Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1836), Tentamen Pteridographiae: 83 [basionym]

basionym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 21 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 54-55 [basionym]

basionym of: Polystichum aculeatum var. proliferum (R.Br.) Domin legitimate

Wakefield, N.A. (8 April 1942), Some fern and clubmoss notes. The Victorian Naturalist 58(12): 200 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum aculeatum var. proliferum (R.Br.) Domin legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Aspidiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 211: 50 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Derwent, Tasmania, R. Brown Iter Aust. No. 17, 1802-05 (BM, examined)."

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Aspidiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 211: 51 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 39 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 94 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 403 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl 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): 77 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Derwent, 1802–1805, R.Brown Iter Austral. 17 (lecto:BM 001048778*,"

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): 77 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Polystichum proliferum (R.Br.) C.Presl legitimate

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