Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 81 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichomanes obscurum Blume legitimate

Morton, C.V. (1974), William Roxburgh's fern types. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 38(7): 381 [secondary reference]

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 541-543 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes obscurum Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichomanes cupressoides Desv. legitimate

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

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 1 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 147 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1: 7 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes obscurum Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 847 [secondary reference]

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): 21 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cephalomanes obscurum (Blume) K.Iwats. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Abrodictyum obscurum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Abrodictyum obscurum (Blume) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate

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