Hooker, J.D. (1854), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5): 25 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pteris esculenta G.Forst. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 642 [secondary reference]

common name: Bracken [n/a]

Brownsey, P.J. (1989), The taxonomy of bracken (Pteridium: Dennstaedtiaceae) in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 2(1): 116 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 590 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 225 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pteridium esculentum (G.Forst.) Cockayne legitimate

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