Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 64 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. (9 August 1963), Studies in Australian Pteridophytes. No. 4. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(4): 246, t. VIII. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Whian Whian State Forest, WNW of Byron Bay, 2,000 ft. alt., frequent in rocky gully, Constable 1.1953 (NSW P7017)."

Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 11 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Adiantaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 24 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Adiantaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 262-263, Map 235 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Adiantum affine var. intermedium Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Adiantum cunninghamii var. intermedium (Benth.) Tindale legitimate misapplication: Adiantum affine Willd. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1957 misapplication: Adiantum cunninghamii Hook. legitimate by Jones, D.L. & Clemesha, S.C. (1981), Australian ferns and fern allies Edn. 2: 70

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Adiantaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 24 [secondary reference]

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]

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

taxonomic synonym: Adiantum affine var. intermedium Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Adiantum cunninghamii var. intermedium (Benth.) Tindale legitimate taxonomic synonym: Adiantum cunninghamii Hook. legitimate misapplication: Adiantum affine var. cunninghamii (Hook.) C.Moore legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 508 misapplication: Adiantum affine Willd. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1957

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

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): 44 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Whian Whian State Forest, west-north-west of Byron Bay, New South Wales, Jan. 1953, E.F.Constable s.n. (holo: NSW 701363*)."

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