Hooker, J.D. (1845), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. I. Flora Antarctica 1(7): 106-107 [basionym]

basionym of: Aspidium venustum (Hombr.) Hook.f. legitimate

Decaisne, J. in Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C. (1853), Plantes Vasculares. Voyage au Pole sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee 2: 5 [tax. nov.]

Du Puy, D.J. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 559 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polystichum vestitum (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate

Perrie, L.R., Brownsey, P.J., Lockhart, P.J. & Large, M.F. (2003), Morphological and genetic diversity in the New Zealand fern Polystichum vestitum (Dryopteridaceae), with special reference to the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4): 594, Fig. 13 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Auckland Islands, "Iles Auckland-Sud de la Nouvelle Zelande", M. Hombron, 1838-1840; lectotype (here designated; specimen with rachis folded over itself) in P.

Perrie, L.R., Brownsey, P.J., Lockhart, P.J. & Large, M.F. (2003), Morphological and genetic diversity in the New Zealand fern Polystichum vestitum (Dryopteridaceae), with special reference to the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4): 594 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polystichum vestitum (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate

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