Nylander, W. (1876), Flora: oder Allgemeine Botanischer Zeitung 59: 560 [tax. nov.]

Watts, W.W. (1903), Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 498 [secondary reference]

Archer, A.W. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1992), Cladoniaceae. Flora of Australia 54: 133 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cladonia polycarpoides Nyl. legitimate by Watts, W.W. (1903), Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 498

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