Kunze, G. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1846), Lycopodiaceae. Plantae Preissianae 2(1): 109 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "In depressis turfoso umbrosis sylvae prope vicum Perth, Nov. 1839. Herb. Preiss. No. 1882."

Salomon, C.E. (1883), Nomenclator der Gefasskryptogamen: 353 [basionym]

basionym of: Selaginella gracillima (Kunze) Spring ex Salomon legitimate

Domin, K. (January 1915), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 20(85): 236 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Selaginella preissiana Spring legitimate

Alston, A.H.G. (1931), Notes on Selaginella. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 69: 257 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella gracillima (Kunze) Alston isonym

Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Selaginellaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 44 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella gracillima (Kunze) Spring ex Salomon legitimate

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Ferns and Allied Plants. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 28 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella gracillima (Kunze) Spring ex Salomon legitimate

Jermy, A.C. & Holmes, J.S. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Selaginellaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 89 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella gracillima (Kunze) Spring ex Salomon legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella gracillima (Kunze) Spring ex Salomon legitimate

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): 12 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "Swan River, Western Australia, Nov. 1839, L.Preiss 1882 (lecto, designated here: LD 1216284*; isolecto: MEL 2150420*, MEL 2150421*)."

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): 12 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Selaginella gracillima (Kunze) Spring ex Salomon legitimate

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