Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 158, adnot. [Obs. IV] [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

• Etymology: (not specified.)

Brown, R. (1815), On Woodsia, a new genus of ferns. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 11(1): 173 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "This genus I have named in honour of my friend Mr. Joseph Woods, whose merits as an accurate and skilful English botanist are well known to many of the members of this Society..."

Smith, J. (1875), Historia Filicum: 237 [secondary reference]

• Type: Woodsia ilvensis (L.) R.Br.

Rickett, H.W. (May 1961), Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: Conservation of generic names III. Taxon 10(4): 124 [secondary reference]

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