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 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 41 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dryopteris punctata var. rugosula (Labill.) Domin legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 36, Fig. 14 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polypodium punctatum (L.) Sw. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Hypolepis punctata (Thunb.) Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dryopteris punctata (Thunb.) C.Chr. legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 255 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Hypolepis rugulosa J.Sm. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 27 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 20 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Hypolepis punctata (Thunb.) Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 42 vernacular name: Ruddy Ground-fern [n/a]

Brownsey, P.J. & Chinnock, R.J. (1984), A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Hypolepis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22(1): 72-74 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 26 [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): 10-13 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 47 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 79, Fig. 17g [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Hypolepis punctata (Thunb.) Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 42 common name: Ruddy Ground-fern [n/a]

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 219, Fig. 97, Map 181 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phegopteris rugosula (Labill.) Fée legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium punctatum var. rugosulum (Labill.) Hook. & Baker legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris punctata subsp. rugosula (Labill.) C.Chr. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris punctata var. rugosula (Labill.) Domin legitimate common name: Ruddy Ground Fern [n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 9 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 47 [secondary reference]

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

common name: Ruddy Ground 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): 854 [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Hypolepis rugulosa J.Sm. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phegopteris rugosula (Labill.) Fée legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium punctatum var. rugosulum (Labill.) Hook. & Baker legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris punctata subsp. rugosula (Labill.) C.Chr. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris punctata var. rugosula (Labill.) Domin legitimate pro parte misapplication: Polypodium punctatum Thunb. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287 pro parte misapplication: Hypolepis tenuifolia (G.Forst.) Bernh. ex C.Presl legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287

• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, 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): 51 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Hypolepis rugulosa J.Sm. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rugosulum Labill. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phegopteris rugosula (Labill.) Fée legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium punctatum var. rugosulum (Labill.) Hook. & Baker legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris punctata subsp. rugosula (Labill.) C.Chr. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris punctata var. rugosula (Labill.) Domin legitimate pro parte misapplication: Polypodium punctatum Thunb. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287 pro parte misapplication: Hypolepis tenuifolia (G.Forst.) Bernh. ex C.Presl legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287

• APC Comment: Infraspecific rank not recognised in Vic.
• APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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