Kunze, G. (1850), Index Filicum (sensu latissimo) adhuc, quantum innotuit, in hortis Europaeis cultarum. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 23: 242, 306 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "N. Holl. ... t. H.v.Htte. 1848. Lips. 1849."

Hooker, W.J. (November 1852), Species Filicum 2(6): 62 [basionym]

basionym of: Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook. legitimate

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 40 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryopteris punctata (Thunb.) C.Chr. legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. & Chinnock, R.J. (13 March 1987), A taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Hypolepis. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 10(1): 9 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "G.Kunze s.n., Hort. Lips. ex Tasmania (B 74521, here chosen)."

Brownsey, P.J. & Chinnock, R.J. (13 March 1987), A taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Hypolepis. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 10(1): 9 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook. legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 79 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook. legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 218 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook. 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): 50 [secondary reference]

• Type: "from a Tasmanian plant cultivated at Leipzig (lecto: B 200074521*; isolecto: BR 005429318*"

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): 50 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm. subsp. rugosula legitimate

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