Holub, J.L. (1985), Transfers of Lycopodium species to Huperzia: with a note on generic classification in Huperziaceae. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 20(1): 72 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Lycopodium filiforme Sw. legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 82, Map 41 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Lycopodium filiforme Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lycopodium polytrichoides Kaulf. legitimate common name: Rat'sTail Tassel Fern [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 9 [secondary reference]

Field, A.R. & Bostock, P.D. (2013), New and existing combinations in Palaeotropical Phlegmariurus (Lycopodiaceae) and typification of the type species Phlegmariurus phlegmaria (L.) T.Sen & U.Sen. Phytokeys 20: 39 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phlegmariurus filiformis (Sw.) W.H.Wagner 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): 7 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Phlegmariurus creber (Alderw.) A.R.Field & Bostock legitimate by Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 82, Map 41

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