Willdenow, C.L. (1802), Bemerkungen über einige seltene Farrenkräuter. Abhandlungen der Kurfürstlich-Mainzischen Akademie Nützlicher Wissenschaften zu Erfurt 2(5): 13, 20 [tax. nov.]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 62 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From hydor, and glossa, a tongue."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 136 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lygodium Sw. nom. cons.

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 214 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lygodium Sw. nom. cons.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Lygodium Sw. nom. cons.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Lygodium Sw. nom. cons.

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