Colenso, W. (29 January 1845), A Classification and description of some newly discovered ferns, collected in the northern island of New Zealand, in the summer of 1841-42. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science, Agriculture, Statistics, etc 2(8): 186 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On rocks and stones, in low places and watercourses, in wet woods, shores of Waikare Lake; December, 1841" [New Zealand].

Hooker, W.J. & Baker, J.G. (1874), Synopsis Filicum Edn. 2: 60 [basionym]

basionym of: Hymenophyllum javanicum var. atrovirens (Colenso) Hook. & Baker legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 26 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum australe Willd. legitimate

Ebihara, A., Nitta, J.H. & Iwatsuki, K. (2010), The Hymenophyllaceae of the Pacific Area. 2. Hymenophyllum (Excluding Subgen. Hymenophyllum). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany) 36(2): 51 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum australe Willd. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum australe Willd. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum australe Willd. legitimate

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