Wilson, W.M. in Hooker, W.J. (1848), Characters of three new Australian mosses. London Journal of Botany 7: 27, t. I, fig. c [tax. nov.]

Ramsay, H.P. (1974), Cytological studies of Australian mosses. Australian Journal of Botany 22(2): 308-309 [secondary reference]

Vitt, D.H. & Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Macromitrium in Orthotrichaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 220 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Orthotrichum assimile Müll.Hal. legitimate by Ramsay, H.P. (1974), Cytological studies of Australian mosses. Australian Journal of Botany 22(2): 308-309

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