Desvaux, N.A. (1827), Prodrome de la famille des Fougères. Mémoires de la Société linnéenne de Paris 6(3): 252 [tax. nov.]

• Type: R.Brown 20 (BM, K).

Hovenkamp, P.H. & Miyamoto, F. (2005), A conspectus of the native and naturalized species of Nephrolepis (Nephrolepidaceae) in the world. Blumea 50(2): 293 [basionym]

basionym of: Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam. legitimate

Brownsey, P.J., Perrie, L.R. & Field, A.R. (2018), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in Dryopteridaceae and Nephrolepidaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 57(1): 36 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: "(designated here): Port II, East Coast, Australia, R. Brown Iter Austral. No. 20, BM 001048232 (!online)."

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 78 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Port II, East Coast, 1802–1805, R. Brown Iter Austral. 20 (neo: BM 001048232*; probable isoneo: E 00194021*, E 00194022*, E 00194023*, K 001092495*"

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 78 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Nephrolepis brownii (Desv.) Hovenkamp & Miyam. legitimate

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