Clarke, C.B. (1875), Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany, Ser. 2 1: 428 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Polypodium lineare Burm.f. legitimate

Beddome, R.H. (1883), Handbook to the Ferns of British India: 4 [secondary reference]

Underwood, L.M. (1907), American ferns — VIII. A preliminary review of the North American Gleicheniaceae. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 34: 250 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 205-206 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium lineare Burm.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypodium dichotomum Thunb. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gleichenia hermannii R.Br. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Gleichenia dichotoma (Thunb.) Hook. legitimate

Merrill, E.D. (1921), A review of the new species of plants proposed by N.L. Burman in his Flora Indica. The Philippine Journal of Science 19(3): 336 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium lineare Burm.f. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 3 [secondary reference]

Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 63 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 160 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. legitimate

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