Smith, D.A. (1 September 1946), A new fern and some new fern records for North Queensland`. The North Queensland Naturalist 14(80): 4-5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Cook district: Mossman River Gorge, L.J. Brass 2048, 5/2/1932. ...(Type–Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane.)"

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 23 [basionym]

basionym of: Hymenophyllum contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Tindale legitimate

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 521 [basionym]

basionym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos var. contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Croxall legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 131 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos var. contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Croxall legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos var. contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Croxall legitimate

Ebihara, A., Nitta, J.H. & Iwatsuki, K. (2010), The Hymenophyllaceae of the Pacific Area. 2. Hymenophyllum (Excluding Subgen. Hymenophyllum). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany) 36(2): 48 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos (Sw.) Sw. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos (Sw.) Sw. legitimate

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 25 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mossman River Gorge, Queensland, 5 Feb. 1932, L.J.Brass 2048 (holo: BRI AQ0024764!)."

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 25 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos var. contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Croxall legitimate

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