Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1097 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 485 [secondary reference]

• Type: (not designated).

Brown, R. (27 March 1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 159 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 59 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Derived from thrix, a hair, and manos, soft; stipes of some species appear like fine hair."

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

Underwood, L.M. (1899), A review of the genera of ferns proposed prior to 1832. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 6(4): 256 [secondary reference]

• Type: Trichomanes crispum L.

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 282 [secondary reference]

common name: Bristle Ferns [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 639 [secondary reference]

common name: Bristle Ferns [n/a]

Morton, C.V. (1968), The genera, subgenera, and sections of the Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 38(5): 175-178 [secondary reference]

Croxall, J.P. (1975), The Hymenophyllaceae of Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany 23(3): 525-527 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes L. sect. Trichomanes legitimate

Iwatsuki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Hymenophyllaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 161 [secondary reference]

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 139, 202, 256, 271 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Didymoglossum Desv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microgonium C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hemiphlebium C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Macroglena (C.Presl) Copel. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (27 October 1998), Appendix: Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 117-120 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Didymoglossum Desv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microgonium C.Presl legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Microgonium C.Presl legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Hemiphlebium C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Microgonium C.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lacostea Bosch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichomanes subg. Eutrichomanes C.Chr. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Trichomanes subg. Lacostea (Bosch) Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Trichomanes subg. Hemiphlebium (C.Presl) Bonap. legitimate

• APC Comment: A widespread taxon previously recorded for Australia. Australian taxa formerly placed in this genus are now placed in a various other pteridophyte genera.

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