Watts, W.W. (26 February 1915), Some notes on the ferns of north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 258 [tax. nov.]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 603 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Polystichum moorei Christ legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Polystichum moorei Christ legitimate

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