Linnaeus, C. (1759), Systema Naturae Edn. 10, 2: 1326 [tax. nov.]

Swartz, O. in Schrader, H.A. (ed.) (1801), Genera et species filicum ordine systematico redactarum adiectis synonymis et iconibus selectis, nec non speciebus recenter detectis, et demum plurimis dubiosis, ulterius investigandis. Journal für die Botanik 1800, 2(1, 2): 32 [basionym]

basionym of: Aspidium unitum (L.) Sw. legitimate

Ching, R.C. (1938), Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany 8: 192 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyclosorus unitus (L.) Ching legitimate

Morton, C.V. (1959), American Fern Journal 49: 113 [basionym]

basionym of: Thelypteris unita (L.) C.V.Morton legitimate

Morton, C.V. (1959), American Fern Journal 49: 113 [basionym]

basionym of: Thelypteris unita (L.) C.V.Morton legitimate

Holttum, R.E. in Nayar, B.K. & Kaur, S. (1974), Companion to R.H. Beddome's Handbook to the Ferns of British India, Ceylon and the Malay Peninsula: 209 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1979), Sphaerostephanos (Thelypteridaceae) in Asia excluding Malesia. Kew Bulletin 34(2): 228 [secondary reference]

• Type: "without locality (LINN)."

Holttum, R.E. (1979), Sphaerostephanos (Thelypteridaceae) in Asia excluding Malesia. Kew Bulletin 34(2): 228 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum legitimate

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Thelypteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 354 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum legitimate

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 62 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum var. unitus 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): 71 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaerostephanos unitus (L.) Holttum legitimate

Fawcett, S.E. & Smith, A.R. (11 October 2021), A Generic Classification of the Thelypteridaceae. Sida, botanical miscellany 59: 88 [basionym]

basionym of: Strophocaulon unitum (L.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm. legitimate

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