Kuntze, C.E.O. (5 November 1891), Revisio Generum Plantarum 2: 813 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Nephrodium sparsum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don legitimate

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 10 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 10 [secondary reference]

Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. (26 January 1989), A monograph of Dryopteris (Pteridophyta: Dryopteridaceae) in the Indian subcontinent. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 18(5): 438-442, Figs 57-58 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Nephrodium sparsum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium sparsum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Spreng. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lastrea sparsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) T.Moore legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polystichum sparsum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Keyserl. legitimate

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 416, Fig. 135B-C, Map 385 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Nephrodium sparsum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium sparsum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Spreng. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Lastrea sparsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) T.Moore legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polystichum sparsum (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Keyserl. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 857 [secondary reference]

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): 76 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Nephrodium sparsum Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don legitimate

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