Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 521 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Mecodium contiguum D.A.Sm. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 131, Map 92 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium contiguum D.A.Sm. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Tindale legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Hymenophyllum polyanthon var. contiguum Croxall orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium contiguum D.A.Sm. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Tindale legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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): 48 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos (Sw.) Sw. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum polyanthos (Sw.) Sw. legitimate

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 25 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium contiguum D.A.Sm. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium contiguum D.A.Sm. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum contiguum (D.A.Sm.) Tindale legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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