Warburg, O. (1900), Monsunia. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Vegetation des Dud- und Ostasiatischen Monsungebietes 1: 105, 119 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not seen).

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 237 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Selaginella flabellata (L.) Spring legitimate

Williams, K.A.W. (1984), Native Plants of Queensland 2: 258 [secondary reference]

Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. (1991), The pteridological collections of the G.R.S.T.S. Expedition to the coastal region of north-eastern Queensland. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 45(2): 321 [secondary reference]

Jermy, A.C. & Holmes, J.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Selaginellaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 93, Fig. 8, Map 52 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Kamerunga, Cairns, Qld, 1889, O.Warburg 19498; holo: ?B n.v."

taxonomic synonym: Selaginella longipinna var. brevispica Domin legitimate misapplication: Selaginella flabellata (L.) Spring legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1926

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 844 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Selaginella longipinna Warb. var. longipinna legitimate taxonomic synonym: Selaginella longipinna var. brevispica Domin legitimate misapplication: Selaginella flabellata (L.) Spring legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(71): 275 misapplication: Selaginella flabellata (L.) Spring legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1926

• APC Dist.: 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): 12 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Kamerunga, Cairns, Queensland, 1889, O.Warburg 19498 (lecto, designated here: B 200163739!)"

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