Cunningham, A. in Hooker, W.J. (1 July 1837), Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2(24): 363 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "New Zealand (Northern Island). Shady woods on the hills around Wangaroa–1826, A. Cunningham."

Ettingshausen, K. von (1864), Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 23: 57 [basionym]

basionym of: Blechnum filiforme (A.Cunn.) Ettingsh. legitimate

French, C. (November 1881), Victorian ferns and their habitats. Southern Science Record 1: 191 [secondary reference]

• Text: "... found only, I believe, by myself on one occasion in Victoria, viz., at the Springs at Cheltenham beyond Brighton, many years ago."

Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Blechnaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 384 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum filiforme (A.Cunn.) Ettingsh. legitimate

Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Blechnaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 384 [secondary reference]

• Text: "This species was reported by C.French (S. Sci. Record 1: 191, 1881), based on a collection from Vic., 'at the Springs at Cheltenham, beyond Brighton'. Its identity was later confimed by F.Mueller. ... However, there are no other records of this species in Australia and it seems most likely that the record has resulted from a mix-up of herbarium specimens."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Blechnum filiforme (A.Cunn.) Ettingsh. legitimate

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