Thelypteridaceae Pic.Serm.
Mesochlaena R.Br. , legitimate, scientific
Smith, J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1841), Remarks on the genus Sphaerostephanos among ferns. The Journal of Botany 3: 18-19 BHL [tax. nov.]
Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Thelypteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 352 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Sphaerostephanos J.Sm. legitimate