Murray, J.A. (1784), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 14: 938 [tax. nov.]

Hooker, W.J. (March 1844), Species Filicum 1(1): 12 [basionym]

basionym of: Gleichenia dichotoma (Thunb.) Hook. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 205 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gleichenia linearis (Burm.f.) C.B.Clarke legitimate

Nakaike, T. (1982), New flora of Japan: Pteridophyta: 93 [secondary reference]

• Comment: Lectotype information given here in Japanese characters, fide J.Mazumdar & A.Ebihara, Phytotaxa 406(2): 140 (2019).

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 160 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. legitimate

Mazumdar, J. & Ebihara, A. (2019), A review of the lycophyte and fern names treated as new in Carl Peter Thunberg’s Flora Japonica. Phytotaxa 406(2): 140 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Lectotype (designated by Nakaike 1982: 93):—JAPAN ['e Japonia'], C.P.Thunberg s.n. (UPS-THUNB No, 25247)."

Mazumdar, J. & Ebihara, A. (2019), A review of the lycophyte and fern names treated as new in Carl Peter Thunberg’s Flora Japonica. Phytotaxa 406(2): 140 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dicranopteris linearis (Burm.f.) Underw. legitimate

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