Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1828), Enumeratio Plantarum Javae 2: 227 [tax. nov.]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 18 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trichomanes cupressoides Desv. legitimate

Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 81 [basionym]

basionym of: Selenodesmium obscurum (Blume) Copel. legitimate

Morton, C.V. (1974), William Roxburgh's fern types. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 38(7): 381 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "'Ad terram Buitenzorg,' Java, Zippel (L, Morton photograph 2457)."

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 541 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selenodesmium obscurum (Blume) Copel. legitimate

Iwatsuki, K. (1985), Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo . Section III. Botany 13: 547 [basionym]

basionym of: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 147 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 7 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selenodesmium obscurum (Blume) Copel. legitimate

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): 21 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

Ebihara, A., Dubuisson, J.-Y., Iwatsuki, K., Hennequin, S. & Ito, M. (2006), A taxonomic revision of Hymenophyllaceae. Blumea 51: 244 [basionym]

basionym of: Abrodictyum obscurum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Abrodictyum obscurum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. 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): 22 [secondary reference]

• Type: "ad terram Buitenzorg, s. dat., Zippelius s.n. (lecto: L n.v."

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): 22 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Abrodictyum obscurum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Abrodictyum obscurum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate

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