Ching, R.C. (1940), On the genus Gleichenia Sm. Sunyatsenia 5: 285 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. legitimate

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: 156 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. legitimate misapplication: Gleichenia flabellata R.Br. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 58 vernacular name: Silky Fan-fern [n/a]

Duncan, B.D. & Isaac, G. (1986), Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: 74 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Silky Fan 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. 13f-g [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. legitimate misapplication: Gleichenia flabellata R.Br. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 58 common name: Silky Fan-Fern [n/a]

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 158, Fig. 54, Map 130 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mertensia tenera (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia flabellata var. tenera (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

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]

• Text: "No longer in N.S.W.; now in Vic., Tas., N.Z."

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

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Sticherus urceolatus M.Garrett & Kantvilas legitimate

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

common name: Silky Fan 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: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Sticherus tenerus Ching orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mertensia tenera (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia flabellata var. tenera (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate isonym: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Nakai isonym pro parte misapplication: Gleichenia flabellata R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 289 pro parte misapplication: Sticherus lobatus N.A.Wakef. 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

• APC Dist.: Vic, Tas

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

pro parte misapplied to: Sticherus urceolatus M.Garrett & Kantvilas legitimate by Duncan, B.D. & Isaac, G. (1986), Ferns and allied plants of Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia: 74

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Sticherus urceolatus M.Garrett & Kantvilas 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. 13f-g

Perrie, L.R. & Brownsey, P.J. (2015), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Gleicheniaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 53(4): 188 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Sticherus tenerus Ching orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. 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): 28-29 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia tenera R.Br. legitimate

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