Bailey, F.M. (1881), The fern world of Australia: 50 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "found on the damp hillsides Ranges, Rockingham Bay and Trinity Bay."

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 642 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Blechnum nitidum C.Presl legitimate

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 107-108, Fig. 20 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Blechnum nitidum C.Presl legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 15

Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Blechnaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 369 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blechnum cartilagineum Sw. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Blechnum cartilagineum var. tropica F.M.Bailey orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blechnum cartilagineum Sw. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Blechnum cartilagineum Sw. legitimate

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