Bruch, P.; Schimper, W.P. & Gümbel, W.T. von (1854), Bryologia Europaea 5: 224 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hypnum praelongum Hedw. legitimate

Hedenäs, L. (1996), Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Australian Brachytheciaceae. Nova Hedwigia 62: 459 [secondary reference]

Hedenäs, L. (2002), An overview of the family Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta) in Australia. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 92: 76 [secondary reference]

Hedenäs, L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 65. Brachytheciaceae: Eurhynchium. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]

Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: SA, NSW, Vic, Tas

• distribution: S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.
• remarks: Selkirk et al. (1990) deleted the Macquarie Island record.

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