Smith, D.A. (1 September 1946), A new fern and some new fern records for North Queensland`. The North Queensland Naturalist 14(80): 6 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gleichenia flabellata var. compacta C.T.White & Goy legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 156-157, Fig. 54J-K, Map 127 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia flabellata var. compacta C.T.White & Goy legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 24, Fig. 5E, F, map [secondary reference]

common name: shiny fan fern [n/a] common name: Umbrella fern [n/a]

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): 28 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia flabellata var. compacta C.T.White & Goy legitimate

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