Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1849), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 1: 556 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gymnostomum brevicaule Taylor legitimate

Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1988), The mosses of the Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11: 13 [secondary reference]

Stoneburner, A.; Wyatt, R.E.; Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1993), Census of the mosses of Western Australia. The Bryologist 96: 91 [secondary reference]

Sollman, P. (2002), Studies on some Australian pottiaceous mosses. Trop. Bryol 22: 51 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Microbryum starckeanum (Hedw.) R.H.Zander legitimate

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