Blume, C.(K.)L. von (1828), Enumeratio Plantarum Javae 2: 155-156 [tax. nov.]

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

basionym of: Thelypteris heterocarpa (Blume) 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 heterocarpus (Blume) Holttum legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1981), Thelypteridaceae. Flora Malesiana Series II 1(5): 457-458 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "BLUME, Java, ad pedem Boerangrang (L, n. 908, 332-1158)."

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaerostephanos heterocarpus (Blume) 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 heterocarpus (Blume) 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): 70 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "ad pedem Boerangrang [at the foot of Mount Boerangrang], Java, s. dat., C.L.Blume s.n. (lecto: L 908,332-1158 n.v.; possible isolecto: L0052322*"

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): 70 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sphaerostephanos heterocarpus (Blume) Holttum legitimate

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