Kuhn, F.A.M. (1869), Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 19: 578 [comb. nov.]

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 727 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 42 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dryopteris setigera (Blume) Kuntze legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 585 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 727

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

misapplied to: Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 727

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

misapplied to: Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 727

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