Sprengel, C.P.J. (1827), Systema Vegetabilium Edn. 17, 4(1): 44 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Polypodium confluens R.Br. legitimate

Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 43-44 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 188 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Cyclophorus confluens (R.Br.) C.Chr. legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 187 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Cyclophorus serpens var. rupestris (R.Br.) Domin legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 43-44

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Polypodiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 210: 35 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Pyrrosia confluens (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1961), Polypodiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 210: 34 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pyrrosia rupestris (R.Br.) Ching legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 43-44

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Polypodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 491 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Pyrrosia rupestris (R.Br.) Ching legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland: 43-44

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

orthographic variant: Nipholobus confluens Tindale orth. var.

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

taxonomic synonym of: Pyrrosia confluens (R.Br.) Ching legitimate

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