Murray, J.A. (1784), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 14: 939 [tax. nov.]

Mettenius, G.H. (1864), Filices, Praesertim Indicae et Iaponicae. Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi 1(7-8): 222 [basionym]

basionym of: Phegopteris punctata (Thunb.) Mett. legitimate

Hooker, W.J. & Baker, J.G. (1867), Synopsis Filicum Edn. 1, 8: 312 [secondary reference]

Kuhn, F.A.M. (1868), Filices Africanae: 120 [basionym]

basionym of: Hypolepis punctata (Thunb.) Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 95 [secondary reference]

Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 764 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 89 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 139 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1982 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Polypodium rugulosum F.M.Bailey orth. var.

Christensen, C.F.A. in Christensen, C.F.A. (ed.) (1905), Index Filicum: 287 [basionym]

basionym of: Dryopteris punctata (Thunb.) C.Chr. legitimate

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 290 [secondary reference]

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

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 40 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Dryopteris punctata (Thunb.) C.Chr. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 39 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dryopteris punctata (Thunb.) C.Chr. legitimate

Ewart, A.J. (1931), Flora of Victoria: 42 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis punctata (Thunb.) Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 21 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis australis N.A.Wakef. legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. & Chinnock, R.J. (1984), A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Hypolepis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22(1): 72 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Holotype: (UPS!)."

Brownsey, P.J. & Chinnock, R.J. (1984), A taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of Hypolepis. New Zealand Journal of Botany 22(1): 72 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis punctata (Thunb.) Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate

Brownsey, P.J. & Chinnock, R.J. (13 March 1987), A taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Hypolepis. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 10(1): 16 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hypolepis glandulifera Brownsey & Chinnock legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 764

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Hypolepis glandulifera Brownsey & Chinnock legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1902), The Queensland Flora 6: 1982

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 221 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hypolepis glandulifera Brownsey & Chinnock legitimate by Bentham, G. (March 1878), Flora Australiensis 7: 764

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Hypolepis amaurorachis (Kunze) Hook. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287

Mazumdar, J. & Ebihara, A. (2019), A review of the lycophyte and fern names treated as new in Carl Peter Thunberg’s Flora Japonica. Phytotaxa 406(2): 139 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "... C.P.Thunberg s.n. (UPS-THUNB No. 24554)."

Mazumdar, J. & Ebihara, A. (2019), A review of the lycophyte and fern names treated as new in Carl Peter Thunberg’s Flora Japonica. Phytotaxa 406(2): 139 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypolepis punctata (Thunb.) Mett. ex Kuhn legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm. subsp. rugosula legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Hypolepis rugosula (Labill.) J.Sm. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 287

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