Forster, J.G.A. (1786), Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus: 80 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Noua Zeelandia."

Thunberg, C.P. (1795), Nova Acta Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae 9: 158, t. D, figs 1, 2 [basionym]

basionym of: Caenopteris flaccida (G.Forst.) Thunb. legitimate

Hooker, J.D. (27 April 1854), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5): 35 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1864), The Vegetation of the Chatham-Islands: 67 [basionym]

basionym of: Asplenium marinum var. flaccida (G.Forst.) F.Muell. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 286 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 288 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 644 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 104 [basionym]

basionym of: Asplenium bulbiferum var. flaccidum (G.Forst.) Domin legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 75 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 34-35 [secondary reference]

vernacular name: Weeping Spleenwort [n/a]

Brownsey, P.J. (1977), A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Asplenium. New Zealand Journal of Botany 15: 70 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lectotype in BM; New Zealand, Dusky Bay, coll. J.R. and G. Forster."

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Aspleniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 305 APC [secondary reference]

common name: Weeping Spleenwort [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 856 [secondary reference]

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): 54 [secondary reference]

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