Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(33): 53 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In silvis densis Australiae orientalis; e.g. Illawarra, C. Moore, Shepherd; Parramatta, W. Woolls; Blue Mountains, L. Atkinson; Avoca, Neo-Cambriae, C. Wilhelmi; Hastings River, McLeay's River, Clarence River, H. Beckler; Moreton Bay, L. Leichhardt; Mount Lindsay, W. Hill; Glasshouse Mountains, C. Moore."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 117 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 57 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 137 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 289 [secondary reference]

Copeland, E.B. (1912), Philippine Journal of Science. Section C, Botany 6: 360 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 640 [secondary reference]

common name: Hard-stemmed Fern-tree [n/a]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 35 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Alsophila leichhardtii F.M.Bailey orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Alsophila moorei J.Sm. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Alsophila macarthurii Hook. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (26 June 1956), The Cyatheaceae of Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(4): 355 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Fern tree creek, Bunya Mount, Leichhardt, 28.12.1843 (MEL.)."

Tindale, M.D. (26 June 1956), The Cyatheaceae of Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(4): 355 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1964), The tree-ferns of the genus Cyathea in Australasia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(2): 269 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. legitimate

Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 18 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 70 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cyatheaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 205 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. 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): 36 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Fern-Tree Creek, Bunya Mountain, Queensland, 28 Dec. 1843, L.Leichhardt, s.n. (lecto:MEL1061274*"

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): 36 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaeropteris australis (C.Presl) R.M.Tryon legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana (F.Muell.) Copel. legitimate

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