Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(66): 176 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In insula Howei; Carron & Moore; Lind et Fullagar."

Baker, J.G. (1874), Tree-fern from Lord Howe's Island. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 12: 279 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathea macarthurii (F.Muell.) Baker legitimate

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 708 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathea macarthurii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. isonym

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 27 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea macarthurii (F.Muell.) Baker legitimate

Tryon, R. (1970), Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 200: 37 [replaced synonym]

replaced synonym of: Alsophila ferdinandii R.M.Tryon legitimate

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 581 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea macarthurii (F.Muell.) Baker legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Hemitelia macarthuri F.Muell. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea macarthurii (F.Muell.) Baker 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): 35 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Erskine Valley, Howe’s Island, s. dat., [Lind & J.P.Fullagar] 10 (lecto, designated here: MEL 1061263*)"

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): 35 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Alsophila ferdinandii R.M.Tryon legitimate

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