Orthotrichaceae Arn.
Orthotrichum alpestre Hornsch.
, legitimate, scientific
[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