Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 34 [comb. nov.]

• Type: Apteropteris malingii (Hook.) Copel.

basionym: Hymenophyllum subg. Apteropteris Copel. legitimate

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 5-6 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum subg. Apteropteris Copel. legitimate

Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 41 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaerocionium C.Presl legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 120 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sphaerocionium C.Presl legitimate

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