Bailey, F.M. (1880), On Queensland ferns, with a description of two new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(1): 32 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ranges, Trinity Bay, Queensland."

Bailey, F.M. (1881), The fern world of Australia: 85 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1883), A Synopsis of the Queensland Flora: 714 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 645 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 44 [basionym]

basionym of: Dryopteris tropica (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1957), A preliminary revision of the genus Lastreopsis Ching. The Victorian Naturalist 73(11): 184 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lastreopsis rufescens (Blume) Ching legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (30 March 1965), A monograph of the genus Lastreopsis. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(5): 311 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lastreopsis rufescens (Blume) Ching legitimate

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 415 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lastreopsis rufescens (Blume) Ching legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lastreopsis rufescens (Blume) Ching legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran legitimate

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