Morton, C.V. (1974), William Roxburgh's fern types. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 38(7): 344-345 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Polypodium felinum Roxb. legitimate

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 10 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 10 [secondary reference]

Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 114 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cyatheaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 202, Fig. 64, Map 173 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium felinum Roxb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 853 [secondary reference]

Lehnert, M. & Cámara-Leret, R. (9 September 2019), New species of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae) from New Guinea, and new combinations for the family for Malesia. Kew Bulletin 74(3): 24 [online only] [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. 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): 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 7 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium felinum Roxb. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. legitimate

• APC Comment: Treated as Sphaeropteris felina in Qld.
• APC Dist.: Qld

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