Swartz, O. (1799), Der Gesellschaft Naturforschenden Freunde zu Berlin, Neue Schriften 2: 134, t. 7, Fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 3 [secondary reference]

Crane, E.H. (1997), A revised circumscription of the genera of the fern family Vittariaceae. Systematic Botany 22(3): 514 [basionym]

basionym of: Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane legitimate

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Vittariaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 293-295, Fig. 70, Map 270 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 849 [secondary reference]

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): 57, Fig. 17C, D, map [secondary reference]

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane 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): 45 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mauritius, s. dat., P.Sonnerat s.n. (holo: P 00564888*)."

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): 45 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Haplopteris ensiformis (Sw.) E.H.Crane legitimate

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