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): 187 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "On edges of rocky precipices, in dry over-hanging water, at Potana, near Wangeri, E. Coast; 1842. And on reclining timber, in woods between Wangerei and the Bay of Islands, 1840."

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 23 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 29 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br. legitimate

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): 49 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br. legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. & Perrie, L.R. (2016), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Hymenophyllaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 54(1): 51 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): Pataua Inlet, East Coast, W. Colenso, 1842, WELT P003263!"

Brownsey, P.J. & Perrie, L.R. (2016), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in the fern family Hymenophyllaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 54(1): 51 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum rarum R.Br. legitimate

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