Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 711 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Revwattsia fragile (Watts) D.L.Jones

• APC Dist.: Qld

• Etymology: "Named after the Reverend William Walter Watts (1856-1920) who specialised in Australian bryology and pteridology and was the first to collect the type species."

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 401 [secondary reference]

Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 717 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 733 [secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 17 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dryopteris Adans. nom. cons.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryopteris Adans. nom. cons.

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