Schott, H.W. (1834), Genera Filicum 1: t. 3 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 68-69 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium acutum Schkuhr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium exaltatum var. longipinna Benth. legitimate

Nauman, C.E. (1981), The genus Nephrolepis in Florida. American Fern Journal 71(2): 35-36, Fig. 1 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium acutum Schkuhr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 26 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 2 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Oleandraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 47, Fig. 5E [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. (1993), Davalliaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 567-568 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium acutum Schkuhr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl legitimate common name: Broad Sword Fern [n/a]

Bell, G.H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Davalliaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 445, Map 417 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium acutum Schkuhr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium exaltatum var. longipinna Benth. legitimate misapplication: Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen nom. rej. by Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 248-249

Swarbrick, J.T. & Hart, R. (2000), Environmental weeds of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) and their management. Plant Protection Quarterly 16(2): 54-56 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 859 [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): 67 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nephrolepis hirsutula (G.Forst.) C.Presl legitimate

Hovenkamp, P.H. & Miyamoto, F. (2005), A conspectus of the native and naturalized species of Nephrolepis (Nephrolepidaceae) in the world. Blumea 50(2): 290-293, Fig. 1g, Map 2, Plate 1b [secondary reference]

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

orthographic variant: Aspidium biserrata Du Puy orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium acutum Schkuhr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrodium rufescens Schrad. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis rufescens (Schrad.) Wawra legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium exaltatum var. longipinna Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis hirsutula var. rufescens (Schrad.) Bonap. legitimate misapplication: Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 2 misapplication: Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen nom. rej. by Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 248-249

• APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, Qld

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): 77 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Aspidium biserrata Du Puy orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium biserratum Sw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium acutum Schkuhr legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium acuminatum Willd. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrodium rufescens Schrad. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis rufescens (Schrad.) Wawra legitimate taxonomic synonym: Aspidium exaltatum var. longipinna Benth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Nephrolepis hirsutula var. rufescens (Schrad.) Bonap. legitimate misapplication: Nephrolepis exaltata (L.) Schott legitimate by Gardner, C.A. (1930), Part I. Pteridophyta-Proteaceae. Enumeratio Plantarum Australiae Occidentalis: 2 misapplication: Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen nom. rej. by Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 248-249

• APC Dist.: WA, ChI, NT, Qld

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