Copeland, E.B. (1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67: 24 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichomanes dilatatum G.Forst. legitimate

Wakefield, N.A. (1941), The Victorian Hymenophylls. The Victorian Naturalist 58(7): 110, fig. 2 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum dilatatum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate

• Text: "Recently discovered at Cumberland Gorge, near Marysville. (See Vic. Nat., Vol. 52, p. 187.)"

Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania: 3 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Mecodium dilatatum, a very large and handsome New Zealand species, is alleged to have been collected at the Cumberland Gorge, near Marysville in Victoria, but this apparently resulted from a mixture of specimens, and the species is not considered to be Australian."

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 15-16 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes dilatatum G.Forst. legitimate vernacular name: Handsome Filmy-fern [n/a]

• Text: "The single Victorian discovery was recorded by P.R.H. St John in Vict. Nat. 52: 187 (1936), but some doubt attaches to the origin of the specimens in Melbourne Herbarium purporting to have come from Cumberland Gorge."

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum dilatatum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum dilatatum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate

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