Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 147 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "(T.) v.v."

• Comment: nom. illeg., non Willd. (25–27 Jan. 1810).

Smith, J. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1841), Enumeratio Filicum Philippinarum; or a systematic arrangement of the ferns collected by H. Cuming, Esq., F.L.S., in the Philippine islands and the peninsula of Malacca, between the years 1836 and 1840. The Journal of Botany 3(24): 397 [basionym]

basionym of: Drynaria diversifolia (R.Br.) J.Sm. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 191 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Polypodiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 210: 30 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 31 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microsorum diversifolium (Willd.) Copel. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Polypodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 475 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. & Perrie, L.R. (2012), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes and excluded taxa in the fern family Polypodiaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 50(2): 181 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microsorum pustulatum (G.Forst.) Copel. legitimate

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