Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(1): 25 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Mertensia flagellaris Bory ex Willd. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (May 1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 3: 19 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 638 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 205 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gleichenia laevigata (Willd.) Hook. legitimate

Ching, R.C. (1940), On the genus Gleichenia Sm. Sunyatsenia 5: 283 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate

Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 17 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 157 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (May 1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 3: 19

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (May 1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 3: 19

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate

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