Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1804), Voyage dans les quatre Principales îles des mers d'Afrique 2: 323 [tax. nov.]

Thwaites, G.H.K. (1864), Enumeratio Plantarum Zeylaniae 5: 388 [basionym]

basionym of: Lindsaea repens (Bory) Thwaites legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Lindsaea repens (Bory) Thwaites legitimate

Kramer, K.U. & Tindale, M.D. (17 September 1976), The Lindsaeoid ferns of the old world VII. Australia and New Zealand. Telopea 1(2): 123 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Bourbon (=Réunion), Bory s.n. (P; dupl. in B, BM)."

Kramer, K.U. & Tindale, M.D. (17 September 1976), The Lindsaeoid ferns of the old world VII. Australia and New Zealand. Telopea 1(2): 123 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lindsaea repens (Bory) Thwaites legitimate

Kramer, K.U. & McCarthy, P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lindsaeaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 231 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Lindsaea repens (Bory) Thwaites legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Lindsaea repens (Bory) Thwaites 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): 39 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Ile de Mascareigne [Mascarene Islands], s. dat., Bory s.n. (lecto: P 00482751*; isolecto: B 200097747!, B 200097748!, BM 001044389*"

• Text: "Kramer and Tindale (1976, p. 123) cited the type of the name Dicksonia repens as ‘type: Bourbon (= Reunion), Bory s.n. (P; dupl. in B,BM)’. This is here treated as effective lectotypification by Kramer and Tindale, in accordance with ICN Art. 7.11 (Turland et al. 2018)."

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