Hooker, J.D. (3 May 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(6): 77 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Marshy ground, in subalpine situations: Marlborough, Gunn. – (Fl. Jan.)"

Hieronymus, G.H.E.W. (1873), Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 12: 209 [basionym]

basionym of: Centrolepis muscoides (Hook.f.) Hieron. legitimate

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 232 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis muscoides (Hook.f.) Hieron. legitimate

Cooke, D.A. (11 June 1992), A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 15 [secondary reference]

• Type: Marlborough [Tas.], R.C. Gunn s.n. (Holo.: K, photo.!).

Cooke, D.A. (11 June 1992), A taxonomic revision of Centrolepis (Centrolepidaceae) in Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 15(1): 15 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis muscoides (Hook.f.) Hieron. legitimate

Curtis, W.M. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Centrolepidaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 53 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis muscoides (Hook.f.) Hieron. legitimate

de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 82 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Centrolepis muscoides (Hook.f.) Hieron. legitimate

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