Hornschuch, C.F. in Bruch, P., Schimper, W.P. & Gumbel, W.T. von (1849), Bryologia Europaea seu genera muscorum Europaeorum monographiche illustrata 3: 75, Plate 213 [tax. nov.]

Scott, G.A.M. & Stone, I. (1976), The Mosses of Southern Australia: 228 [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 Scott, G.A.M. & Stone, I. (1976), The Mosses of Southern Australia: 228

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