Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(1): 106 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Nephrodium sparsum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don legitimate

Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. (26 January 1989), A monograph of Dryopteris (Pteridophyta: Dryopteridaceae) in the Indian subcontinent. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 18(5): 738 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dryopteris sparsa (D.Don) Kuntze legitimate

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 416 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dryopteris sparsa (D.Don) Kuntze legitimate

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