Reichardt, H.W (1870), Reichardt (1870), Reise Novara, Pilze, Leber-Laubm. 1 1: 127 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hypnum hispidum Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate

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

Thies, A.W. (2000), Moss collections from Lord Howe Island in the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL). Victorian Naturalist 117: 10 [secondary reference]

Gilmore, S.R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 10. Echinodiaceae. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Echinodium arboreum Broth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Echinodium arboreum Broth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI, Vic, Tas

• distribution: Qld, N.S.W., Vic., Tas., Lord Howe I.

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