Roxburgh, W. (January 1844), The cryptogamous plants of Dr. Roxburgh, forming the fourth and last part of the Flora Indica. Calcutta Journal of Natural History 4: 495-496 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Nat. of Amboyna and Pullo Pinang..."

Morton, C.V. (1974), William Roxburgh's fern types. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 38(7): 344 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Amboina, Roxburgh (G, Morton photographs 6546, 16633). A duplicate closely agreeing and evidently a part of the same collection is in Brussels, with the name in Roxburgh's hand (Morton photograph 19858). Specimens that also agree, doubtless isotypes, are in the J. E. Smith Herbarium, Nos. 1625-74 and 1625-75 (LINN, Morton photographs 20226, 20227) ; they were collected in Amboina by Christopher Smith in 1797. "

Morton, C.V. (1974), William Roxburgh's fern types. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 38(7): 344 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathea felina (Roxb.) C.V.Morton legitimate

Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. (1991), The pteridological collections of the G.R.S.T.S. Expedition to the coastal region of north-eastern Queensland. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 45(2): 351 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cyatheaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 202 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea felina (Roxb.) C.V.Morton legitimate

Lehnert, M. & Cámara-Leret, R. (9 September 2019), New species of scaly tree ferns (Cyatheaceae) from New Guinea, and new combinations for the family for Malesia. Kew Bulletin 74(3): 24 [online only] [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. 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): 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaeropteris felina (Roxb.) Pic.Serm. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea felina (Roxb.) C.V.Morton legitimate

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