Spring, A.F. (1849), Monographie de la Famille des Lycopodiacees 2. Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences ... Belgique 24: 36 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Hab. 1. In Nova Hollandia [Swan-River: Drummond (H.M.P., H. Hooker)]; 2. In Nova Zeelandia: J.D. Hooker."

Chinnock, R.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Lycopodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 85 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Phylloglossum drummondii Kunze legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Phylloglossum drummondii Kunze legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Phylloglossum drummondii Kunze legitimate

Brownsey, P.J., Perrie, L.R. & Field, A.R. (2018), Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: lectotypes in Isoetaceae and Lycopodiaceae. New Zealand Journal of Botany 56(4): 401-402 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here): [Western Australia], Swan River, Drummond 993, Herb. Hooker., K 001094294!"

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