Willdenow, C.L. (1802), Bemerkungen über einige seltene Farrenkräuter. Abhandlungen der Kurfürstlich-Mainzischen Akademie Nützlicher Wissenschaften zu Erfurt 2(5): 18, t. 1, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Wächst auf Hügeln an der malabarischen Küste, beym Berge St. Thomas."

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 163 [secondary reference]

Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(1): 22 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 21 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (27 April 1854), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5): 50 [basionym]

basionym of: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. gramineum (Willd.) Hook.f. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 281 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ophioglossum lusitanicum L. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 223 [doubtful misapplied]

doubtful misapplied to: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. gramineum (Willd.) Hook.f. legitimate by Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 163

Wiefferung, J.H. (1964), A Preliminary Revision of the Indo-Pacific species of Ophioglossum (Ophioglossaceae). Blumea 12(2): 324 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 7, Fig, 11C [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Ophioglossaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 28, Fig. 2C [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Ophioglossaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 109, Fig. 47E-I, Map 68 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. gramineum (Willd.) Hook.f. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. lanceolatum Luerss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ophioglossum prantlii C.Chr. legitimate misapplication: Ophioglossum lineare Schltr. & Brause legitimate by Jones, D.L. & Gray, B. (24 July 1986), New fern records for Australia. Austrobaileya 2(3): 285 misapplication: Ophioglossum lineare Schltr. & Brause legitimate by Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 259

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 18, Fig. 3C, D, map [secondary reference]

misapplication: Ophioglossum lineare Schltr. & Brause legitimate by Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 2

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. gramineum (Willd.) Hook.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. gramineum F.M.Bailey nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. lanceolatum Luerss. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ophioglossum prantlii C.Chr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. prantlii (C.Chr.) W.R.B.Oliv. legitimate misapplication: Ophioglossum lineare Schltr. & Brause legitimate by Jones, D.L. & Gray, B. (24 July 1986), New fern records for Australia. Austrobaileya 2(3): 285 misapplication: Ophioglossum lineare Schltr. & Brause legitimate by Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 2 misapplication: Ophioglossum lineare Schltr. & Brause legitimate by Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 259

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

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): 15 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Saint Thomae, s. dat., Dr Friedland s.n. (holo: B-W 19441010!)."

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