Colenso, W. (3 February 1843), Description of some new Ferns lately discovered in New Zealand. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, etc 1(5): 376-377 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In woods in Te Waiiti District, nearly same locality as preceding. January, 1842."

Chambers, T.C. & Wilson, Peter G. (15 April 2019), A revision of Blechnum vulcanicum (Blume) Kuhn and related taxa (Blechnaceae) in Malesia and Oceania. Telopea 22: 48 [secondary reference]

• Type: "New Zealand: North Island: Shaded woods, Te Waiiti, Interior, Dec 1841, Colenso s.n. (holotype: WELT, barcode P003239; isotypes: [New Zealand, Colenso 290] K 001092698)"

Chambers, T.C. & Wilson, Peter G. (15 April 2019), A revision of Blechnum vulcanicum (Blume) Kuhn and related taxa (Blechnaceae) in Malesia and Oceania. Telopea 22: 48 [basionym]

basionym of: Blechnum deltoides (Colenso) T.C.Chambers legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum deltoides (Colenso) T.C.Chambers legitimate

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