Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1074 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in China Osbeck."

Wakefield, N.A. (8 April 1942), Some fern and clubmoss notes. The Victorian Naturalist 58(12): 200 [secondary reference]

common name: Long Sickle Fern [n/a] misapplication: Pteris longifolia L. legitimate

• Comment: Wakefield states "P. longiflora is an American species", apparently an orthographical error for Pteris longifolia L.

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 62 [secondary reference]

Willis, J.H. (1962), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria 1: 26 [secondary reference]

Tryon, R. (19 November 1964), The ferns of Peru—Polypodiaceae (Dennstaedtieae to Oleandreae). Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 194: 191-192, Fig. 141 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Type: China, Osbeck, LINN 1246.3, photo A."

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 26 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Pteris longifolia L. legitimate by Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 43 vernacular name: Long Sickle Fern [n/a] vernacular name: Chinese Brake [n/a]

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]

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Pteridaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 50 [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese Brake [n/a]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Pteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 29 [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese Brake [n/a]

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Pteridaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 544 [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese Brake [n/a] common name: Ladder Brake [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 52, Fig. 11c-d [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese Brake [n/a]

Kramer, K.U. & McCarthy, P.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Pteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 245, Figs 30, Map 212 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Pteris longifolia var. brevipinna Domin legitimate common name: Chinese Brake [n/a] common name: Ladder Brake [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 26 [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese brake [n/a]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Pteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 29 [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese Brake [n/a]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 230 [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese Brake [n/a]

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): 42, Fig. 12H-J, map [secondary reference]

de Lange, P.J., Gardner, R.O., Sykes, W.R., Crowcroft, G.M., Cameron, E.K., Stalker, F., Christian, M.L. & Braggins, J.E. (2005), Vascular flora of Norfolk Island: some additions and taxonomic notes. New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 576 [secondary reference]

common name: Chinese brake [n/a]

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

taxonomic synonym: Pteris longifolia var. brevipinna Domin legitimate misapplication: Pteris longifolia L. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 126

• APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, Qld, NSW, NI (naturalised), Vic

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): 42 [secondary reference]

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