Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 82 [comb. et stat. nov.]

• Type: Macroglena meifolia (Bory) Copel.

basionym: Trichomanes subg. Macroglena C.Presl legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 52 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 42-45 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes sect. Macroglena C.Presl legitimate

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 543-546 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes subg. Macroglena C.Presl legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 34 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 256 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trichomanes L. legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 40 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 144 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cephalomanes C.Presl legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 34 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 846, 867 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cephalomanes C.Presl legitimate

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