Hooker, W.J. & Baker, J.G. (1874), Synopsis Filicum Edn. 2: 481 [tax. nov.]

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Desv. (1811).

Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 821 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Spicanta acuminata Kuntze legitimate

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 733 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum acuminatum (Kuntze) Maiden legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 611 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blechnum norfolkianum (Heward) Maiden legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blechnum norfolkianum (Heward) Maiden legitimate

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