Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(66): 179-180 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In monte Grahami et alto montium tractu secus flumen Herbert's River; Dallachy."

• Etymology: "Nomen specificae distinctionis huic filici palmaceae imposui in agnitionem studiorum Reverendi Guil. Woolls, Ph.D. ..."

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

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 35-36 [basionym]

basionym of: Alsophila leichhardtiana var. woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Domin, K. (1929), Pteridophyta: 263 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Domin, K. (1930), The species of the genus Cyathea. Acta Botanica Bohemica 9: 129 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathea leichhardtiana var. woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Wakefield, N.A. (1949), New combinations in some Australasian ferns. The Victorian Naturalist 66(3): 59 [basionym]

basionym of: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) N.A.Wakef. isonym

Tindale, M.D. (26 June 1956), The Cyatheaceae of Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(4): 346 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1964), The tree-ferns of the genus Cyathea in Australasia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(2): 252 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Pichi Sermolli, R.E.G. (1991), The pteridological collections of the G.R.S.T.S. Expedition to the coastal region of north-eastern Queensland. Webbia; raccolta di scritti botanici 45(2): 351 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cyatheaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 197 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

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

orthographic variant: Alsophila woolsiana C.Chr. orth. var.

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin 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): 35-36 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Mount Graham, Herbert River, Queensland, 9 Nov. 1868, Dallachy s.n. (lecto, designated here: MEL 1061259*, isolecto: MEL 1061260*, K 000061757*, K 000061758*)."

nomenclatural synonym: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2020), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2019 to 2020. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2020: 7 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Cyathea woollsiana (F.Muell.) Domin legitimate

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