Hooker, W.J. (1860), Species Filicum 3(10-12): 259-260 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. Lord Howe Island, S. Pacific, ravine of Mount Ligberd, McGillivray, n. 702, and Milne, n. 36."

Moore, T. (1861), Index Filicum 16: 332 [basionym]

basionym of: Diplazium melanochlamys (Hook.) T.Moore legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 138 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 599 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplazium melanochlamys (Hook.) T.Moore 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): 66 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lord Howe Island, 1853, Milne 36 (lecto, designated here: K 001089462*)"

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): 66 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplazium melanochlamys (Hook.) T.Moore legitimate

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