Bailey, F.M. (1915), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal Series 2 4: 39, t. 5 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Kenmore, J.E. Young and C.T. White, July, 1914; C.T. White, May, 1915."

Bostock, P.D. (24 September 1987), Rediscovery and status of Adiantum whitei Bailey (Adiantaceae). Austrobaileya 2(4): 362 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Kenmore, Qld, May 1915, White AQ24496 (lecto: BRI; isolecto: NSW)."

Bostock, P.D. (24 September 1987), Rediscovery and status of Adiantum whitei Bailey (Adiantaceae). Austrobaileya 2(4): 362 [basionym]

basionym of: Adiantum hispidulum var. whitei (F.M.Bailey) Bostock legitimate

Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 14 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Adiantaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 261 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Adiantum hispidulum var. whitei (F.M.Bailey) Bostock legitimate

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: "Kenmore, Brisbane, Queensland, May 1915, C.T.White s.n. (lecto: BRI AQ0151623! [replacement number for BRI AQ24996]; isolecto: NSW 536368*"

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Adiantum hispidulum var. whitei (F.M.Bailey) Bostock legitimate

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