Hooker, W.J. (March 1844), Species Filicum 1(1): 10 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Mertensia laevigata Willd. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Mertensia laevigata Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gleichenia flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Spreng. legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 58 [secondary reference]

common name: Spreading Fan Fern [n/a]

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 58 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 58

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 61 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 58

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 157 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. legitimate by Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 205

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

misapplied to: Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. legitimate by Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 205

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