White, C.T. & Goy, D.A. (1938), Ferns of Mt. Spurgeon, North Queensland. The Victorian Naturalist 54(10): 147 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Mt. Spurgeon, C.T. White, No. 10556, Sept., 1936 (type of the variety),"

Smith, D.A. (1 September 1946), A new fern and some new fern records for North Queensland`. The North Queensland Naturalist 14(80): 6 [basionym]

basionym of: Sticherus flabellatus var. compactus (C.T.White & Goy) D.A.Sm. legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 156 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus flabellatus var. compactus (C.T.White & Goy) D.A.Sm. 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): 28 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mount Spurgeon, Queensland, Sep. 1936, C.T.White 10556 (holo: BRI AQ0024709!)."

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): 28 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus flabellatus var. compactus (C.T.White & Goy) D.A.Sm. legitimate

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