Christ, K.H.H. (14 April 1905), Uber die australen Polystichum-Arten. Arkiv for Botanik Utgivet av k. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 4(12): 3 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Lord Howe's Island 1. I. H. MAIDEN 1895, 1. KIRK 1892, No. 42."

Watts, W.W. (1913), Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 399-401 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 603, Fig. 106F-H [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Aspidium aculeatum var. moorei Christ ex Maiden legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polystichum kingii f. umbrosa Watts nom. inval., nom. prov. taxonomic synonym: Polystichum kingii Watts legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polystichum moorei var. tenerum Watts legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polystichum moorei (Christ ex Maiden) W.R.B.Oliv. nom. illeg.

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 604 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Polystichum whiteleggei Watts legitimate by Watts, W.W. (1913), Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 399-401

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

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium aculeatum var. moorei Christ ex Maiden legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polystichum kingii Watts f. kingii legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polystichum moorei (Christ ex Maiden) W.R.B.Oliv. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Polystichum kingii f. umbrosa Watts nom. inval., nom. prov. taxonomic synonym: Polystichum kingii Watts legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polystichum moorei var. tenerum Watts legitimate

• APC Dist.: LHI

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): 76-77 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Lord Howe Island, 1892, King [42] (lecto, designated here: P 00636455*, left-hand specimen; possible isolecto: NSW 464945*)"

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