Goy, D.A. (1941), A New Filmy Fern (Hymenophyllum) from north Queensland. The Queensland Naturalist 11(6): 127, pl. [tax. nov.]

• Type: "North Queensland.– Thornton Peak, 19th Sept., 1937, C.T. White & L.J. Brass No. 226, "epiphytic." (Type in Herb. Brisbane)."

Wakefield, N.A. (1949), New combinations in some Australasian ferns. The Victorian Naturalist 66(3): 59 [basionym]

basionym of: Mecodium whitei (Goy) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium whitei (Goy) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1987), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 1: 11 [secondary reference]

Thomas, M.B. & McDonald, W.J.F. (1989), Rare and threatened plants of Queensland: a checklist of geographically restricted, poorly collected and/or threatened vascular plant species Edn. 2: 11 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 133, Map 96 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium whitei (Goy) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld (presumed extinct)

Threatened Species and Communities Section, Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia (8 July 1998), Endangered Species Protection Act 1992. Schedules 1, 2 & 3: 29 [secondary reference]

Ebihara, A., Dubuisson, J.-Y., Iwatsuki, K., Hennequin, S. & Ito, M. (2006), A taxonomic revision of Hymenophyllaceae. Blumea 51: 231 [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): 49-50, Fig. 15 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium whitei (Goy) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

Field, A.R. & Renner, M.A.M. (31 May 2019), Rediscovered or reconsidered: the presumed extinct ferns and lycophytes of tropical Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 32(2,3): 115-116, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Thornton Peak, Qld, 19 Sep. 1937 C.T.White & L.J. Brass 226 (holotype: BRI-AQ0024792!, isotype: MEL19388!)."

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): 26 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Thornton Peak, Queensland, 19 Sep. 1937, C.T.White & L.J.Brass 226 (holo: BRI AQ0024792!)."

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

nomenclatural synonym: Mecodium whitei (Goy) N.A.Wakef. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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