Hooker, W.J. in Hooker, W.J. & Baker, J.G. (1865), Synopsis Filicum Edn. 1, 1: 24 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Island of Ternate, De Vriese & Teijsmann, n. 1141."

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 55 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Cobwebby"

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

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

common name: Fern-tree [n/a]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 27 [secondary reference]

Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 200 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. (26 June 1956), The Cyatheaceae of Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 2(4): 338 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyathea celebica Blume legitimate

Holttum, R.E. (1964), The tree-ferns of the genus Cyathea in Australasia and the Pacific. Blumea 12(2): 268 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyathea celebica Blume legitimate

Bostock, P.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Cyatheaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 203 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Cyathea celebica Blume legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cyathea celebica Blume legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Cyathea celebica Blume legitimate

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