Luerssen, C. (1873), Zur flora von Queensland. Verzeichniss der von Fran Amalie Dietrich. Journal des Museums Godeffroy 3(Heft. 6): 13 [comb. nov.]

• Type: "Rockingham Bay: Dallachy!"

basionym: Pteris quadriaurita Retz. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 156-158 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pteris quadriaurita Retz. legitimate misapplication: Pteris biaurita L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 232

Laing, R.M. (1916), The Norfolk Island species of Pteris. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 48: 231 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 568 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pteris kingiana Endl. legitimate by Laing, R.M. (1916), The Norfolk Island species of Pteris. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 48: 231

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