Blandow, O.C. (1809), Uebersicht der Mecklenburgischen Moose: 6 [comb. nov.]

Catcheside, D.G. (1980), Mosses of South Australia: 253 [secondary reference]

Spence, J.R. & Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Bryaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 324 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Ptychostomum altisetum (Müll.Hal.) J.R.Spence & H.P.Ramsay legitimate by Catcheside, D.G. (1980), Mosses of South Australia: 253

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