Schwägrichen, C.F. (1827), Species Muscorum Frondosorum, Supplementum Secundum 2(2): 188 [comb. nov.]

Mitten, W. in Hemsley, W.B. (1885), Musci. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1973-1876, under the command of Captain George S. Nares. Botany 1(3): 198 [basionym]

basionym of: Apalodium lineare (Schwägr.) Mitt. nom. illeg.

Meijer, W.M. (1952),: 30 [secondary reference]

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 18 [secondary reference]

Stoneburner, A.; Wyatt, R.E.; Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1993), Census of the mosses of Western Australia. The Bryologist 96: 94 [secondary reference]

Ramsay, H.P. & Spence, J.R. (1996), Chromosome data on Australasian Bryaceae. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 80: 263 [secondary reference]

Seppelt, R.D. (2004), The moss flora of Macquarie Island: 200 [secondary reference]

Shaw, A.J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Orthodontiaceae. Flora of Australia: 271 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium australe Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium sulcatum Hook. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium lanceolatum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium zetterstedtii Müll.Hal. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium robustiusculum Müll.Hal. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium australe Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium sulcatum Hook. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium lanceolatum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium zetterstedtii Müll.Hal. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Orthodontium robustiusculum Müll.Hal. 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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