Retzius, A.J. (1791), Observationes Botanicae: 38 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "E Ceylona misit b. König."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 125 [secondary reference]

Luerssen, C. (1873), Zur flora von Queensland. Verzeichniss der von Fran Amalie Dietrich. Journal des Museums Godeffroy 3(Heft. 6): 13 [basionym]

basionym of: Pteris biaurita var. quadriaurita (Retz.) Luerss. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 25 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 138 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 5 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pteris biaurita L. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1892), Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland: 75 [secondary reference]

Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 732 [secondary reference]

Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 245 [secondary reference]

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

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 156 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pteris biaurita var. quadriaurita (Retz.) Luerss. legitimate

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Pteridaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 545 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pteris tripartita Sw. legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 245

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 568 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pteris kingiana Endl. legitimate by Maiden, J.H. (1904), The Flora of Norfolk Island. Part i. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(4): 732

Kramer, K.U. & McCarthy, P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Pteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 245 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pteris pacifica Hieron. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1892), Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland: 75

Kramer, K.U. & McCarthy, P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Pteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 245 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pteris tripartita Sw. legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 245

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 850 [secondary reference]

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

misapplied to: Pteris tripartita Sw. legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 245

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pteris tripartita Sw. legitimate by Ridley, H.N. (1906), The botany of Christmas Island. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 45: 245

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