Mettenius, G.H. (1864), Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Koniglich Sachsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 7: 423, t. 1, fig. 32 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichomanes malingii Hook. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 3 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 230 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 24 [secondary reference]

Copeland, E.B. (1937), Philippine Journal of Science 64: 176-177 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 6 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Apteropteris malingii (Hook.) Copel. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Sphaerocionium applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) K.Iwats. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290

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): 43 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes malingii Hook. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Apteropteris malingii (Hook.) Copel. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sphaerocionium malingii (Hook.) K.Iwats. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Hymenophyllum applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 290

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