Watts, W.W. (26 February 1915), Some notes on the ferns of north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 766, t. 87, fig. 5 a–c. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On rocks, mixed with Trichomanes minutum and Hepatics, Frenchman's Creek, near Babinda; July, 1913."

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 517 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Frenchmans Creek, near Babinda, July 1913, W.W. Watts s.n. (NSW s.n., seen isotype BRI 029091)."

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 517 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum subdimidiatum Rosenst. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 129 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum subdimidiatum Rosenst. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum subdimidiatum Rosenst. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum holochilum (Bosch) C.Chr. legitimate

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