Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1063 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 484 [secondary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 163 [secondary reference]

Leman, D.S. in Cuvier, F. (ed.) (1825), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles Edn. 2, 37: 506 [secondary reference]

• Type: Osmunda regalis L.

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 137 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Todea Willd. ex Bernh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Leptopteris C.Presl legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 288 [alternative name]

alternative name: Todea Willd. ex Bernh. legitimate

Kramer, K.U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Osmundaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 199-200, Fig. 103A-C [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2019), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A widespread taxon previously recorded for Australia. Taxa in this genus recorded for Australia are now either placed in various other pteridophyte genera, or names are considered to have been misapplied to other Australian taxa.

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