Willdenow, C.L. (January 1810), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 5(1): 293 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Osmunda discolor G.Forst. legitimate

Gray, A. (1854), United States Exploring Expedition. Botany. Phanerogamia: 121 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (27 April 1854), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(5): 30 [secondary reference]

Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 143 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 121 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1875), Census of the plants of Tasmania, instituted in 1875. Monthly Notices of Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1874: 95 [secondary reference]

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 89 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 138 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 283 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 287 [secondary reference]

common name: Crow's Nest Fern [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 642 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (October 1914), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 111 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum discolor (G.Forst.) Keyserl. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 38 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum discolor (G.Forst.) Keyserl. legitimate

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 37 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum discolor (G.Forst.) Keyserl. legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum discolor (G.Forst.) Keyserl. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 143

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 121

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 89

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 283

Gasper, A.L. de, Dittrich, V.A.O., Smith, A.R. & Salino, A. (2016), A classification for Blechnaceae (Polypodiales: Polypodiopsida): New genera, resurrected names, and combinations. Phytotaxa 275(3): 211 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Blechnum discolor (G.Forst.) Keyserl. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Hooker, J.D. (3 September 1858), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(7): 143

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(36): 121

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 89

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Blechnum nudum (Labill.) Mett. ex Luerss. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 283

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