Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 161 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(D.) v.v."

Poiret, J.L.M. in Lamarck, J.-B.P.A. de M. de & Poiret, J.L.M. (3 September 1814), Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique Suppl. 3(2): 670 [basionym]

basionym of: Mertensia tenera (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (20 October 1853), First general report of the Government Botanist on the vegetation of the colony. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 21 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 131 [basionym]

basionym of: Gleichenia flabellata var. tenera (R.Br.) Hook.f. legitimate

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

basionym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 29 [basionym]

basionym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Nakai isonym

Thrower, S.L. (1963), Victorian species of Gleichenia Smith (sub-genus Mertensia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 76: 156-159 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Robert Brown, Table Mountain, Derwent, Tasmania (BM)."

nomenclatural synonym: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

Chinnock, R.J. & Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Gleicheniaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 158 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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]

• Lectotype: "(designated here). Mons Tabul [Mt. Wellington], Tasmania, R. Brown Iter Austral. 110, BM 001038245!"

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching 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 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Table Mountain [Mount Wellington, Tasmania], 1802–1805, R.Brown Iter Austral. 110 (lecto: BM 001038245* [on a mixed sheet]; possible isolecto: BM 001038246*, E 00208936*, K 001057808*, S S-P-7343"

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sticherus tener (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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