Baker, J.G. (1876), On a collection of ferns made in Samoa by the Rev. S. J. Whitmer. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 14: 10 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Rev. S.J. Whitmee 12, 14 Samoa. ... A specimen of each has been laid into the Kew herbarium."

Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 20 [basionym]

basionym of: Mecodium samoense (Baker) Copel. legitimate

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 522-523 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium samoense (Baker) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum shirleyanum Domin legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 131, Map 93 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium samoense (Baker) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum shirleyanum Domin legitimate doubtful misapplication: Mecodium australe (Willd.) Copel. legitimate by Anonymous (November 1946), Checklist of north Queensland ferns. The North Queensland Naturalists' Club 3: 4

• APC Dist.: Qld

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 846 [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): 53 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Hymenophyllum javanicum Spreng. 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): 25-26 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Samoa, S.J.Whitmee 12 (lecto, designated here: K 000597842; isolecto: BM 001044305*, E 00208912*, GH 00021388*)"

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