Warnstorf, C.(F.E.) (1902), Die europäischer Harpidien. Botanisches Centralblatt 13: 400 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hypnum aduncum Hedw. legitimate

Corley, M.F.V., A.C. Crundwell, R. Düll, M.O. Hill & A.J.E. Smith (1981), Mosses of Europe and the Azores. J. Bryol 11: 638 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drepanocladus polycarpus (Voit) Warnst. legitimate

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 16 [secondary reference]

Stoneburner, A.; Wyatt, R.E.; Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1993), Census of the mosses of Western Australia. The Bryologist 96: 96 [secondary reference]

Seppelt, R.D. (2004), The moss flora of Macquarie Island: 118 [secondary reference]

AusMoss (2015),: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Hypnum aduncum Hedw. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hypnum polycarpon Blandow ex Voit legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drepanocladus polycarpus (Voit) Warnst. legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas, HI, MI

• distribution: W.A., S.A., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., Macquarie I., Heard I.

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