Jaeger, A. & Sauerbeck, F.W. (1878), Adumbratio flore muscorum totius orbis terrarum. Part 8. Bericht über die Thätigkeit der St. Gallischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 1876-1877: 369 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hypnum distratum Hampe legitimate

Hedenäs, L. (1996), Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Australian Brachytheciaceae. Nova Hedwigia 62: 461 [secondary reference]

Hedenäs, L. (2002), An overview of the family Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta) in Australia. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 92: 84 [secondary reference]

Hedenäs, L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 65. Brachytheciaceae: Rhynchostegium. 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.: Qld, NSW, LHI, ACT, Vic, Tas

• distribution: Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., Lord Howe I. Endemic.

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