Moore, T. (1857), Index Filicum 3: XCIII [comb. nov.]

basionym: Polypodium speluncae L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 52, Fig. 44 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 73 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium speluncae L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium speluncae (L.) Willd. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Davallia speluncae (L.) Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Davallia flaccida R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Davallia polypodioides (Sw.) D.Don legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microlepia polypodioides (Sw.) C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microlepia flaccida (R.Br.) J.Sm. legitimate

Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 2 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1981), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia: 3 [secondary reference]

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

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 554 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium speluncae L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Davallia speluncae (L.) Baker legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 216-217, Fig. 97, Map 178 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium speluncae L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium speluncae (L.) Willd. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Davallia speluncae (L.) Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Davallia flaccida R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microlepia flaccida (R.Br.) J.Sm. legitimate

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 36, Fig. 10C-E, map [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium speluncae L. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium speluncae L. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium speluncae (L.) Willd. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Davallia speluncae (L.) Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dicksonia polypodioides Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Davallia flaccida R.Br. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichomanes flaccida (R.Br.) Poir. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microlepia flaccida (R.Br.) J.Sm. legitimate pro parte misapplication: Dicksonia davallioides R.Br. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 713 misapplication: Dennstaedtia davallioides (R.Br.) T.Moore legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 737

• APC Comment: This species was recorded from Norfolk Island by Mueller (1866) as Davallia flaccida, by Bentham (1878) as Dicksonia davallioides, and by Maiden (1904) under the name Dennstaedtia davallioides. These records are thought to be based on mislabelled specimens held in Kew (P.S.Green, 1994).
• APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, Qld

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 speluncae L. legitimate

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