Bailey, F.M. (July 1892), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 5: 27 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On grassy land about the Herbert River."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 635 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 222 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ophioglossum vulgatum var. luerssenii (Prantl) Domin legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Ophioglossaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 108 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Ophioglossum lusitanicum L. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ophioglossum reticulatum L. legitimate

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