Mitten, W. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), A list of the musci and hepaticae collected in Victoria, Australia, by Dr. F. Mueller. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 259 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gymnostomum laxum Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate

Fife, A.J. (1986), Taxonomic and nomenclatural observations on the Funariaceae. 4. A review of Entosthodon laxus with incidental notes on E. obtusifolius. The Bryologist 89: 304 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Entosthodon subattenuatus (Broth.) Paris legitimate

Fife, A.J. & Seppelt, R.D. (2001), A revision of the family Funariaceae (Musci) in Australia. Hikobia 13: 478 [secondary reference]

Fife, A.J. & Goffinet, B. (2003), The identity of Tayloria maidenii. The Bryologist 106: 309 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Tayloria maidenii Broth. legitimate

Seppelt, R.D. (2004), The moss flora of Macquarie Island: 158 [secondary reference]

Fife, A.J. & Seppelt, R.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 67. Funariaceae: Entosthodon. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Funaria subattenuata Broth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tayloria maidenii Broth. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Funaria subattenuata Broth. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tayloria maidenii Broth. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW, Vic, Tas, HI, MI

• distribution: N.S.W., Vic., Tas., Macquarie I., Heard I.

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