Orthotrichaceae Arn.
Orthotrichum assimile Müll.Hal. , legitimate, scientific
Muller, J.K.A. (1849), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 1: 704 [tax. nov.]
Vitt, D.H. & Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Macromitrium in Orthotrichaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 220, Fig. 27I-P, Map 105 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Orthotrichum acroblepharis Müll.Hal. legitimate misapplication: Orthotrichum tasmanicum Wilson legitimate by Ramsay, H.P. (1974), Cytological studies of Australian mosses. Australian Journal of Botany 22(2): 308-309 misapplication: Orthotrichum alpestre Hornsch. legitimate by Scott, G.A.M. & Stone, I. (1976), The Mosses of Southern Australia: 228 misapplication: Orthotrichum longithecium R.Br.ter. legitimate by Lewinsky, J. (1984), Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 56: 436