Mitten, W. (1859), Descriptions of some new species of Musci from New Zealand and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere, together with an enumeration of the species collected in Tasmania by William Archer, Esq.; arranged upon the plan proposed in the 'Musci Indiae Orientalis'. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 4: 97 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Polytrichum crispulum Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate

Smith, G.L. (1971), Conspectus of the genera of Polytrichaceae. Mem. New York Bot. Gard 21 (3): 51 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Notoligotrichum crispulum (Hook.f. & Wilson) G.L.Sm. legitimate

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 26 [secondary reference]

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