Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 161 [tax. nov.]

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 September 1814), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 3(2): 670 [basionym]

basionym of: Mertensia hermannii (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 137 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1886), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 3: 6 [secondary reference]

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

Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 60 [basionym]

basionym of: Dicranopteris hermannii (R.Br.) Nakai legitimate

Tindale, M.D. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (1958), The Pteridophyta of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 175 [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

Perrie, L.R. & Brownsey, P.J. (2015), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Gleicheniaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 53(4): 186 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here).Shoalwater Bay passage [Queensland], R. Brown Iter Austral, 111, BM 001038294!"

Perrie, L.R. & Brownsey, P.J. (2015), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Gleicheniaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 53(4): 186 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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