Ching, R.C. (1940), On the genus Gleichenia Sm. Sunyatsenia 5: 283 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gleichenia cunninghamii Heward ex Hook. legitimate

St.John, H. (1945), Valid names in the Gleicheniaceae: Pacific plant studies no. 4. American Fern Journal 35(3): 88 [secondary reference]

Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 15 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia cunninghamii Heward ex Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mertensia cunninghamii Sm. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Gleichenia arachnoidea Hook. nom. inval., pro syn.

• Text: "Habitat in New Zealand & Australia."

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 160 [secondary reference]

• Text: "A New Zealand endemic. A report from Australia by Nakai (1950) is unsubstantiated."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Sticherus cunninghami H.St.John orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia cunninghami Hook. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia cunninghamii Heward ex Hook. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mertensia cunninghamii Sm. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Gleichenia arachnoidea Hook. nom. inval., pro syn. isonym: Sticherus cunninghamii (Heward ex Hook.) H.St.John isonym

• APC Comment: A New Zealand species erroneously recorded for Australia by T.Nakai, Bull. Nat. Sci. Mus., Tokyo 29: 15 (1950).

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