Iwatsuki, K. (1982), Journal of the Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo . Section III. Botany 13: 214 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Apteropteris applanata A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 121, Map 79 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Apteropteris applanata A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams legitimate misapplication: Apteropteris malingii (Hook.) Copel. legitimate by Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania: 4, fig. 9.5

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

nomenclatural synonym: Apteropteris applanata A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams legitimate misapplication: Hymenophyllum malingii (Hook.) Mett. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290 misapplication: Apteropteris malingii (Hook.) Copel. legitimate by Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania: 4, fig. 9.5

• APC Dist.: Tas

Ebihara, A., Nitta, J.H. & Iwatsuki, K. (2010), The Hymenophyllaceae of the Pacific Area. 2. Hymenophyllum (Excluding Subgen. Hymenophyllum). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany) 36(2): 43 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate

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