Bruch, P. & Schimper, W.P. in Bruch, P., Schimper, W.P. & Gumbel, W.T. von (1846), Bryologia Europaea seu genera muscorum Europaeorum monographiche illustrata 4: 163 [tax. nov.]

Streimann, H. & Klazenga, N. (2002), Catalogue of Australian Mosses. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 17: 34 [secondary reference]

Spence, J.R. & Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Bryaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 296 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gemmabryum cheelii (Broth.) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay legitimate by Streimann, H. & Klazenga, N. (2002), Catalogue of Australian Mosses. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 17: 34

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