Tindale, M.D. & Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Appendix: Phymatosorus. Flora of Australia 49: 617 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lord Howe Island, Transit Hill ... alt. c. 400 ft, Oct 1963, R.D.Hoogland 8673; holo: NSW; iso: CANB."

• Etymology: "Endemic to Lord Howe Island, to which the subspecific epithet 'howensis' refers."

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 575-576, Fig. 102E-F [secondary reference]

misapplication: Polypodium scandens G.Forst. legitimate by Moore, C. (1870), Sketch of the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. New South Wales - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 26 misapplication: Polypodium billardierei R.Br. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9(75): 78 misapplication: Polypodium pustulatum G.Forst. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 770 misapplication: Polypodium diversifolium Willd. legitimate by Oliver, W.R.B. (1917), The vegetation and flora of Lord Howe Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 49: 124

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (27 October 1998), Appendix: Polypodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 715 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microsorum pustulatum subsp. howense (Tindale & P.S.Green) Bostock legitimate

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 852 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microsorum pustulatum subsp. howense (Tindale & P.S.Green) Bostock legitimate

Testo, W.L., Field, A.R., Sessa, E.B. & Sundue, M. (22 August 2019), Phylogenetic and morphological analyses support the resurrection of Dendroconche and the recognition of two new genera in Polypodiaceae subfamily Microsoroideae. Systematic Botany 44(4): 750 [secondary reference]

• Type: "AUSTRALIA: Lord Howe Island, Transit Hill. R.D. Hoogland 8673 (holotype: NSW, barcode: NSW536359, image!; isotype: CANB, barcode: CANB130948)."

Testo, W.L., Field, A.R., Sessa, E.B. & Sundue, M. (22 August 2019), Phylogenetic and morphological analyses support the resurrection of Dendroconche and the recognition of two new genera in Polypodiaceae subfamily Microsoroideae. Systematic Botany 44(4): 750 [basionym]

basionym of: Zealandia pustulata subsp. howensis (Tindale & P.S.Green) Testo & A.R.Field legitimate

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 88-89 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Transit Hill, Lord Howe Island, 28 Oct. 1963, R.D. Hoogland 8673 (holo [mounted on 2 sheets]: NSW 432042*, NSW 536359*; iso: CANB 130949!, CANB 130948!)."

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 88 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Zealandia pustulata subsp. howensis (Tindale & P.S.Green) Testo & A.R.Field legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Zealandia pustulata subsp. howensis (Tindale & P.S.Green) Testo & A.R.Field legitimate

Perrie, L.R., Field, A.R., Ohlsen, D.J. & Brownsey, P.J. (16 November 2021), Expansion of the fern genus Lecanopteris to encompass some species previously included in Microsorum and Colysis (Polypodiaceae). Blumea 66: 246 [basionym]

basionym of: Lecanopteris pustulata subsp. howensis (Tindale & P.S.Green) Perrie & Brownsey legitimate

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