Wakefield, N.A. (1943), Revision of the Victorian Gleicheniaceae. The Victorian Naturalist 60(7): 110, Fig. 1 A–D [tax. nov.]

• Type: "HOLO-TYPE from Mt. Drummer, Vic., N.A.W. 6/7/1941."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 48 [secondary reference]

Thrower, S.L. (1963), Victorian species of Gleichenia Smith (sub-genus Mertensia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 76: 159 [basionym]

basionym of: Gleichenia lobata (Wakef.) S.L.Thrower nom. illeg.

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 13 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Gleichenia laevigata (Willd.) Hook. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 58 vernacular name: Spreading Fan-fern [n/a]

Green, P.S. (1988), Notes relating to Australian ferns, especially from Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. Kew Bulletin 43(4): 656 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 37 [secondary reference]

common name: Spreading Shield Fern [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 61, Fig. 13i [secondary reference]

misapplication: Gleichenia laevigata (Willd.) Hook. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 58 common name: Spreading Fan Fern [n/a]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 570-571 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 157, Fig. 54H, Map 128 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia lobata (Wakef.) S.L.Thrower nom. illeg. misapplication: Gleichenia flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (May 1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 3: 19 misapplication: Gleichenia laevigata (Willd.) Hook. legitimate by Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 205 common name: Spreading Fan Fern [n/a]

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic, Tas

Garrett, M., Kantvilas, G. & Laws, H. (30 June 1998), Sticherus urceolatus (Gleicheniaceae), a new fern species in Victoria and Tasmania. Muelleria 11: 103 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 8 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 37 [secondary reference]

common name: Spreading Shield Fern [n/a]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 851 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate by Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 61, Fig. 13i

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia lobata (Wakef.) S.L.Thrower nom. illeg. misapplication: Gleichenia flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (May 1891), Contributions to the Queensland flora. Botany Bulletin. Department of Agriculture, Queensland 3: 19 misapplication: Gleichenia laevigata (Willd.) Hook. legitimate by Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 205 misapplication: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate by Ching, R.C. (1940), On the genus Gleichenia Sm. Sunyatsenia 5: 283 misapplication: Sticherus flagellaris (Bory ex Willd.) Ching legitimate by Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 17-18

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic, Tas

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): 28 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Mount Drummer, Victoria, 6 July 1941, N.A.Wakefield 31 (holo [mounted on three sheets]: MEL 1510399*, MEL 1510400*, MEL 2279260*; iso: NSW 720867*)."

---