Parlatore, F. in Candolle, A.L.P.P. de (ed.) (1868), Coniferae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 16(2): 496 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Athrotaxis tetragona Hook. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 88 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K., Mill, R.R. & Farjon, A. (2004), The significance of 'it' in the nomenclature of three Tasmanian conifers: Microcachrys tetragona and Microstrobos niphophilus (Podocarpaceae), and Diselma archeri (Cupressaceae). Taxon 53(2): 535 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microcachrys tetragona (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Microcachrys tetragona (Hook.) Hook.f. legitimate

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