Øllgaard, B. (1987), A revised classification of the Lycopodiaceae s. lat. Opera Botanica 92: 176 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Lycopodium diffusum R.Br. legitimate

Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. (1991), The pteridological collections of the G.R.S.T.S. Expedition to the coastal region of north-eastern Queensland. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 45(2): 321 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. (9 September 1992), Notes on Lycopodiella Holub (Lycopodiaceae) in north-eastern Queensland. Austrobaileya 3(4): 667 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 76, Fig.42C, Map 32 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lycopodium diffusum R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lycopodium laterale var. diffusum (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lepidotis diffusa (R.Br.) Rothm. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas

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): 4 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lateristachys diffusa (R.Br.) Holub legitimate

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