Tindale, M.D. (1986), A new genus and three new species of Pteridophytes from north eastern Queensland. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore 39: 169, fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Coveniella poecilophlebia (Hook.) Tind.

• Etymology: "... is named in honour of Mr. Robert G. Coveny, Botanical Collector at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, in gratitude for his continued assistance in obtaining material for my researches on pteridophytes."

Kramer, K.U., Holttum, R.E., Moran, R.C. & Smith, A.R. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Dryopteridaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 130 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 399 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Qld

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): 717 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 224 [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: 17 [secondary reference]

Labiak, P.H., Sundue, M., Rouhan, G. & Moran, R.C. (2014), New combinations in Lastreopsis and Parapolystichum (Dryopteridaceae). Brittonia 67(1): 84 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lastreopsis Ching legitimate

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