Copeland, E.B. (26 October 1938), Genera Hymenophyllacearum. Philippine Journal of Science 67(1): 35, t. 1 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Trichomanes malingii Hook. legitimate

Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania: 4, fig. 9.5 [secondary reference]

Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 6, Pl. 1.3-4 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Trichomanes malingii Hook. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Hymenophyllum malingii (Hook.) Mett. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Hymenophyllaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 121 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Sphaerocionium applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) K.Iwats. legitimate by Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania: 4, fig. 9.5

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

misapplied to: Sphaerocionium applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) K.Iwats. legitimate by Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania: 4, fig. 9.5

Ebihara, A., Nitta, J.H. & Iwatsuki, K. (2010), The Hymenophyllaceae of the Pacific Area. 2. Hymenophyllum (Excluding Subgen. Hymenophyllum). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany) 36(2): 45 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Hymenophyllum applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate by Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 6, Pl. 1.3-4

Ebihara, A., Nitta, J.H. & Iwatsuki, K. (2010), The Hymenophyllaceae of the Pacific Area. 2. Hymenophyllum (Excluding Subgen. Hymenophyllum). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany) 36(2): 43 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Hymenophyllum malingii (Hook.) Mett. legitimate

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

misapplied to: Hymenophyllum applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate by Wakefield, N.A. (1955), Ferns of Victoria and Tasmania: 4, fig. 9.5

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Hymenophyllum applanatum (A.M.Gray & R.G.Williams) Ebihara & K.Iwats. legitimate by Tindale, M.D. (1963), Hymenophyllaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 201: 6, Pl. 1.3-4

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