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.) B. v.s."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 128 [basionym]

basionym of: Polypodium scandens var. membranifolium (R.Br.) F.Muell. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 176, Fig. 38 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polypodium nigrescens Blume legitimate

Ching, R.C. (1941), Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany 10: 239 [basionym]

basionym of: Microsorum membranifolium (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

Nooteboom, H.P. (1997), The Microsoroid ferns (Polypodiaceae). Blumea 42(2): 88 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Banks (BM), Australia, East Coast."

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Polypodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 484 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microsorum membranifolium (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

Lu, S.G. (1999), Guihaia 19(1): 27-28 [basionym]

basionym of: Phymatosorus membranifolium (R.Br.) S.G.Lu legitimate

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 904 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Phymatosorus membranifolius (R.Br.) Tindale nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Microsorum membranifolium (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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): 88 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Nooteboom (1997, p. 339) cited the type of the name Polypodium membranifolium as ‘Type: Banks (BM), Australia, East Coast’. This is here treated as effective lectotypification by Nooteboom, in accordance with ICN Art. 7.11 (Turland et al. 2018)."

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): 88 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Microsorum membranifolium (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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