Brackenridge, W.D. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition. Botany, Cryptogamia, Filices 16: 327, t.46 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Sandwich Islands: high mountains of Oahu, growing on trees; rare"

Maiden, J.H. (1899), Some further observations of the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24(3): 383 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 549 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Huperzia varia (R.Br.) Trevis. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1899), Some further observations of the vegetation of Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24(3): 383

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