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misapplied to: Hymenophyllum howense Brownlie legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 707

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misapplied to: Hymenophyllum howense Brownlie legitimate by Rodd, A.N. & Pickard, J. (1983), Census of vascular flora of Lord Howe Island. Cunninghamia 1: 269

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