Rodway, L. (1913), Tasmanian Bryophyta. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1912: 136 [comb. nov.]

Brotherus, V.F. & Watts, W.W. (1916), Descriptions of some new species of Australian, Tasmanian, and New Zealand mosses. VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 578 [basionym]

basionym of: Fissidens rigidiusculus var. leptocladus (Rodway) Broth. legitimate

Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1988), The mosses of the Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11: 8 [secondary reference]

Stone, I.G. (1990), Nomenclatural changes and new moss records in Australia. Journal of Bryology 16: 262 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fissidens amblyothallioides Broth. & Watts legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens pachyneuron Dixon legitimate

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

Stoneburner, A.; Wyatt, R.E.; Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1993), Census of the mosses of Western Australia. The Bryologist 96: 88 [secondary reference]

Streimann, H. (1993), New records of mosses for Norfolk Island. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 74: - [secondary reference]

Streimann, H. (1997), Musci Australasiae Exsiccati. Musci Australasiae Exsiccati: 417 [secondary reference]

Beever, J.E. (1999), Studies of Fissidens (Bryophyta. New Zealand Journal of Botany 37: 661 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fissidens leptocladus var. cheesemanii Dixon legitimate

Streimann, H. (2002), The mosses of Norfolk Island: 81 [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Fissidens amblyothallioides Broth. & Watts legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens rigidiusculus Broth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Fissidens leptocladus var. cheesemanii Dixon legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens pachyneuron Dixon legitimate

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

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

Seppelt, R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2016), 70. Fissidentaceae. Index. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fissidens microblastus Broth. ex Watts nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Fissidens montecolli Watts ex Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Fissidens amblyothallioides Broth. & Watts legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens rigidiusculus Broth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Fissidens leptocladus var. cheesemanii Dixon legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens patulifolius Dixon legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens pachyneuron Dixon legitimate

Klazenga, N. (2023), Census of Australian Bryophytes v. 2023-02-28: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Fissidens amblyothallioides Broth. & Watts legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens rigidiusculus Broth. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Fissidens leptocladus var. cheesemanii Dixon legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens patulifolius Dixon legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fissidens pachyneuron Dixon legitimate

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

• distribution: W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., Lord Howe I., Norfolk I.
• remarks: New concept includes Fissidens patulifolius, foowing Seppelt (2016).

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