Hieronymus, G.H.E.W. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (1901), Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien 1(4): 703 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Lycopodium planum Desv. legitimate

Jermy, A.C. & Holmes, J.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Selaginellaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 87 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Lycopodium planum Desv. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (naturalised)

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): 12 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lycopodium planum Desv. legitimate

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