Smith, J. (1875), Historia Filicum: 294 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pteris sect. Histiopteris J.Agardh legitimate

Black, J.M. (1922), Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae. Flora of South Australia 1: 37 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek histion, tissue; pteris, a fern."

Black, J.M. (1943), Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1: 36 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "Greek histion, tissue; pteris, a fern."

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 59-60 [secondary reference]

Chinnock, R.J. & Henshall, T.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Pteridophyta. Flora of Central Australia: 10 [secondary reference]

Kramer, K.U. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Dennstaedtiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1: 89, Fig. 37D-E [secondary reference]

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 48 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 44 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 82 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 586 [secondary reference]

Brownsey, P.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 227 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Pteris sect. Histiopteris J.Agardh legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lepidocaulon Copel. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas

Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Dennstaedtiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 48 [secondary reference]

Short, P., Dixon, D. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2003), A review of the ferns and fern allies of the Northern Territory. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 19(3): 34 [secondary reference]

Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 714 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 408 [secondary reference]

Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 13 [secondary reference]

Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1): 50 [secondary reference]

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