Bernhardi, J.J. in Schrader, H.A. (ed.) (November 1805), Dritter Versuch einer Anordnung der Farrnkräuter. Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(2): 34 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Hypolepis tenuifolia (G.Forster) C.Presl

Smith, J. (1846), An enumeration of ferns cultivated in the Royal Gardens at Kew, in December 1845; with characters and observations on some of the genera and species. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 72: 8-9 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 23 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Hypo, under, and lepis, a scale."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 139 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 641 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 35 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek hypo, below; lepis, a scale; alluding to the margin of the indusium"

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 58 [secondary reference]

Brownsey, P.J. (1987), A review of the fern genus Hypolepis (Dennstaedtiaceae) in the Malesian and Pacific regions. Blumea 32(2): 227-276 [secondary reference]

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): 1-30 [secondary reference]

Kramer, K.U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Dennstaedtiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 87-88, Figs. 34C-H, 36 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 46 [secondary reference]

common name: Ground Ferns [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 77-78 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 587 [secondary reference]

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 217 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld, NSW, LHI, NI (native and naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 46 [secondary reference]

common name: Ground Ferns [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 228 [secondary reference]

Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 714 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 425 [secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 13 [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): 50 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hypolepis sect. Euhypolepis Alderw. nom. inval.

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld, NSW, LHI, NI (native and naturalised), ACT, Vic, Tas

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