Kaulfuss, G.F. (1824), Enumeratio Filicum: 9 [tax. nov.]

Alston, A.H.G. (1931), Notes on Selaginella. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 69: 257 [basionym]

basionym of: Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston legitimate

Jermy, A.C. & Holmes, J.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Selaginellaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 90 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston legitimate

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 15 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston legitimate

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): 12-13 [secondary reference]

• Type: "[Cape Province, South Africa], s. dat., Bergius s.n. (n.v. [not found])."

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): 12 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella pygmaea (Kaulf.) Alston legitimate

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