Hooker, W.J. (1858), Species Filicum 2(7-8): 219 [tax. nov.]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 569 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pteris microptera Mett. ex Kuhn 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): 41-42 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lord Howe Island, 1853, W.G.Milne 33 (lecto, designated here: K 001057878*)."

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): 41 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pteris microptera Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate

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