Ching, R.C. (1938), Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology; Botany 8: 160 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Aspidium rufescens Blume legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1957), A preliminary revision of the genus Lastreopsis Ching. The Victorian Naturalist 73(11): 184 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium rufescens Blume legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypodium aspidioides var. tropica F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dryopteris tropica (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (30 March 1965), A monograph of the genus Lastreopsis. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(5): 309-312 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium rufescens Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rufescens (Blume) Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phegopteris rufescens (Blume) Mett. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Nephrodium rufescens (Blume) Diels nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris rufescens (Blume) C.Chr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypodium aspidioides var. tropica F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dryopteris tropica (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

Andrews, S.B. (1990), Ferns of Queensland: 34 [secondary reference]

Holttum, R.E. (1991), Tectaria Group. Flora Malesiana Series II 2(1): 121-123 [secondary reference]

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): 368 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dryopteridaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 415, Fig. 137C, Map 384 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium rufescens Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rufescens (Blume) Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phegopteris rufescens (Blume) Mett. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Nephrodium rufescens (Blume) Diels nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris rufescens (Blume) C.Chr. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypodium aspidioides var. tropica F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dryopteris tropica (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

Tindale, M.D. & Roy, S.K. (23 December 2002), A cytotaxonomic survey of the Pteridophyta of Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 15(6): 857 [secondary reference]

Labiak, P.H., Sundue, M., Rouhan, G. & Moran, R.C. (2014), New combinations in Lastreopsis and Parapolystichum (Dryopteridaceae). Brittonia 67(1): 84 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Aspidium rufescens Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Polypodium rufescens (Blume) Blume legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Phegopteris rufescens (Blume) Mett. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Nephrodium rufescens (Blume) Diels nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Dryopteris rufescens (Blume) C.Chr. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran legitimate taxonomic synonym: Polypodium aspidioides var. tropica F.M.Bailey legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dryopteris tropica (F.M.Bailey) Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld

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): 74 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran 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: 8 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Parapolystichum rufescens (Blume) Labiak, Sundue & R.C.Moran legitimate

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