Presl, C.B. [K.B.] (1843), Hymenophyllaceae: 125 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 28 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: Sphaerocionium hirsutum (L.) C.Presl

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 49 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 7-9 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum subg. Sphaerocionium (C.Presl) Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dermatophlebium C.Presl legitimate

Iwatsuki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Hymenophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 160-161 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 31 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 41 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Apteropteris (Copel.) Copel. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 120-121 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hymenophyllum subg. Apteropteris Copel. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Apteropteris (Copel.) Copel. legitimate

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 31 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 846 [secondary reference]

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