Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 160 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Platyzoma microphyllum R.Br.

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 57 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Broad-banden; band of spore-case broad."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 137 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gleichenia Sm. nom. cons.

Christ, K.H.H. (1897), Die Farnkrauter der Erde: 339 [basionym]

basionym of: Gleichenia sect. Platyzoma (R.Br.) Christ legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 289 [secondary reference]

alternative name: Gleichenia Sm. nom. cons.

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 638 [secondary reference]

Nakai, T. (1950), A new classification of Gleicheniales. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 29: 4-5 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (1958), The Pteridophyta of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 177 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Platyzomataceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 23 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Platyzomataceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 30 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Platyzomataceae. Flora of Australia 48: 164 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia sect. Platyzoma (R.Br.) Christ legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gleichenia subg. Platyzoma (R.Br.) Diels legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Platyzomataceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 23 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 847 [secondary reference]

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 24 [secondary reference]

Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 714 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 678 [secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 14 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pteris L. legitimate

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