Roth, A.W. (1799), Tentamen Florae Germanicae 3(1): 31, 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Polystichum lonchitus (L.) Roth

• Comment: nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) 296).

Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (1828), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 8: 330 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 134 [basionym]

basionym of: Aspidium sect. Polystichum (Roth) F.Muell. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 46 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "many rows - sori in rows."

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

taxonomic synonym of: Aspidium Sw. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 5 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Aspidium Sw. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1885), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 2: 4 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Aspidium Sw. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 233 [pro parte taxonomic synonym]

pro parte taxonomic synonym of: Aspidium Sw. legitimate

Baker, J.G. (August 1891), A summary of the new ferns which have been discovered or described since 1874. Annals of Botany 5(19): 313 [basionym]

basionym of: Aspidium subg. Polystichum (Roth) Baker legitimate

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

• Etymology: "Greek polys, many; stichos, a row; alluding to the many rows of sori."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 38 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek polys, many; stikhos, a row; alluding to the many rows of sori"

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Aspidiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 211: 48-55 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hypopeltis Michx. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Plecosorus Fée legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 72 [secondary reference]

Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 116 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 9 [secondary reference]

Kramer, K.U., Holttum, R.E., Moran, R.C. & Smith, A.R. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Dryopteridaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 114-116, Figs. 46, 51 [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 61 [secondary reference]

Du Puy, D.J. & Orchard, A.E. (1993), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 559 [secondary reference]

common name: Shield Ferns [n/a]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 93 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 603 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Appendix: Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 402 [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas, MI

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 61 [secondary reference]

common name: Shield Ferns [n/a]

Perrie, L.R., Brownsey, P.J., Lockhart, P.J. & Large, M.F. (2003), Morphological and genetic diversity in the New Zealand fern Polystichum vestitum (Dryopteridaceae), with special reference to the Chatham Islands. New Zealand Journal of Botany 41(4): 593 [secondary reference]

Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 717 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 691 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Cyrtomium C.Presl legitimate

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 17 [secondary reference]

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): 76 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium sect. Polystichum (Roth) F.Muell. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium subg. Polystichum (Roth) Baker legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas, MI

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