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basionym: Hypnum purum Hedw. legitimate

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 20 [secondary reference]

Streimann, H. (1993), Musci Australasiae Exsiccati: 76 [secondary reference]

Hedenäs, L. (2002), An overview of the family Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta) in Australia. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 92: 73 [secondary reference]

Hedenäs, L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 65. Brachytheciaceae: Pseudoscleropodium. 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: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas

• distribution: N.S.W., Vic., Tas.

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