Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1848), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 1: 425 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Schistidium arcuatum Hook. & Wilson legitimate

Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1988), The mosses of the Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11: 9 [secondary reference]

Streimann, H. & Curnow, J. (1989), Catalogue of mosses of Australia and its external territories: 137 [secondary reference]

Stoneburner, A.; Wyatt, R.E.; Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1993), Census of the mosses of Western Australia. The Bryologist 96: 89 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Bryum tenuissimum Taylor nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Pleuridium tenuissimum Mitt. nom. illeg.

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

• distribution: W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., ?Tas.
• remarks: Catcheside & Stone (1989: 9) deleted the Northern Territory record. A tentative report from Tasmania in Streimann & Curnow (1989: 137) was not confirmed by Dalton et al. (1991).

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