Brackenridge, W.D. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition. Botany, Cryptogamia, Filices 16: 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. Tahiti, Society Islands: in woods near Point Venus."

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 39, Fig. 30 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1878), On the ferns of Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3(2): 120 [secondary reference]

Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh, C.R.W.K. van (1908), Malayan Ferns: 202 [basionym]

basionym of: Dryopteris setigera var. pallida (Brack.) Alderw. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 645 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching legitimate

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