Hymenophyllaceae Link
Hymenophyllum formosum Brack. , legitimate, scientific
Brackenridge, W.D. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition. Botany, Cryptogamia, Filices 16: 268, t. 37, fig. 3 [primary reference]
  • Type: "Hab. Mountain forests of Tahiti, Society Islands: on rocks and trunks of trees."
Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, C.R.W.K. van (1908), Malayan Ferns: 74 [secondary reference]
Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 135 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "Reported erroneously as an Australian fern by C.R.K. van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh (Malayan Ferns 74, 1908)."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: A widespread taxon, recorded by C.R.W.K.van Rosenburgh, Malay. Ferns 74 (1908), but not known to occur in Australia.