Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1068 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Zeylona."

Wallich, N. (1829), A Numerical List of Dried Specimens of Plants in the East India Companies Museum: [no. 1] [basionym]

basionym of: Actinostachys digitata (L.) Wall. legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (December 1959), Schizaeaceae. Flora Malesiana Series II 1(1): 42 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Type: Herb. Hermann, Ceylon (BM)."

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Schizaeaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 178 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actinostachys digitata (L.) Wall. 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): 30 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actinostachys digitata (L.) Wall. 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): 30 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Ceylon, s. dat., leg. ign. s.n., Herb. P. Hermann (lecto:BM 000621756*"

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): 30 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Actinostachys digitata (L.) Wall. legitimate

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