Willdenow, C.L. (January 1810), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 5(1): 528 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Novae Hollandiae capite Van Diemen. (v.s.) La Billardiere."

Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1843), Hymenophyllaceae: 127 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate pro parte misapplication: Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 116 misapplication: Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 61

Copeland, E.B. (1937), Philippine Journal of Science 64: 158-159 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch legitimate

Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 24 [basionym]

basionym of: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 50 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 25-27 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum atrovirens Colenso legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum intricatum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium atrovirens (Colenso) Copel. legitimate misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 705 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 504 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 15 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 518 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1892), Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland: 31 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1946

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 521 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 20

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 32 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 39, Fig. 7i-j [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate common name: Austral Filmy-fern [n/a]

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 129-130, Fig. 51C-D, Map 90 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum intricatum Bosch legitimate misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 705 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1892), Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland: 31 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 504 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1946 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 639

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 133 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 20

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 32 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 846 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum intricatum Bosch legitimate misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 705 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1892), Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland: 31 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 504 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1946 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 639

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

Ebihara, A., Dubuisson, J.-Y., Iwatsuki, K., Hennequin, S. & Ito, M. (2006), A taxonomic revision of Hymenophyllaceae. Blumea 51: 232 [secondary reference]

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, Fig. 22 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum atrovirens Colenso legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum intricatum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum javanicum var. atrovirens (Colenso) Hook. & Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum montanum Kirk legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum neozelandicum Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium montanum (Kirk) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium intricatum (Bosch) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium atrovirens (Colenso) Copel. legitimate misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 705

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

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum australe Willd. var. australe legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum atrovirens Colenso legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch isonym taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum intricatum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum javanicum var. atrovirens (Colenso) Hook. & Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum montanum Kirk legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum australe var. atrovirens Alderw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum neozelandicum Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium montanum (Kirk) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium intricatum (Bosch) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium atrovirens (Colenso) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmanicum A.D.Chapm. orth. var. misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 705 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1892), Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland: 31 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 504 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1946 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 639

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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): 23 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Nova Hollandia, s. dat., Labillardière s.n. (holo: B-W 20232010!)."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium australe (Willd.) C.Presl legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum australe Willd. var. australe legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum atrovirens Colenso legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmannicum Bosch isonym taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum intricatum Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum javanicum var. atrovirens (Colenso) Hook. & Baker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum montanum Kirk legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum australe var. atrovirens Alderw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum neozelandicum Gand. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium montanum (Kirk) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium intricatum (Bosch) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mecodium atrovirens (Colenso) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum tasmanicum A.D.Chapm. orth. var. pro parte misapplication: Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 116 misapplication: Hymenophyllum demissum (G.Forst.) Sw. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 61 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 705 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1892), Lithograms of the Ferns of Queensland: 31 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Moore, C. (1893), Handbook of the Flora of New South Wales: 504 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1946 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290 misapplication: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 639

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, Vic, Tas

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