Brackenridge, W.D. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition. Botany, Cryptogamia, Filices 16: 28-29 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "HAB. Feejee Islands. Tahiti, Society Islands."

Ching, R.C. (1941), Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany 10: 243 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyclosorus costata (Brack.) Ching legitimate

Reed, C.F. (1968), Index Thelypteridis. Phytologia 17: 269 [basionym]

basionym of: Thelypteris costata (Brack.) C.F.Reed legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1973), Studies in the family Thelypteridaceae V. The genus Pneumatopteris Nakai. Blumea 21(2): 305 [basionym]

basionym of: Pneumatopteris costata (Brack.) Holttum legitimate

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Thelypteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 358 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pneumatopteris costata (Brack.) Holttum 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): 69 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Feejie Islands and Tahiti, [1838–1842], Wilkes Explor. Exped. 3 (holo: US 00135029!)."

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): 69 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pneumatopteris costata (Brack.) Holttum legitimate

Fawcett, S.E. & Smith, A.R. (11 October 2021), A Generic Classification of the Thelypteridaceae. Sida, botanical miscellany 59: 77 [basionym]

basionym of: Reholttumia costata (Brack.) S.E.Fawc. & A.R.Sm. legitimate

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