Dixon, H.N. (1933), The nomenclature on the Species Muscorum. Revue Bryologique et Lichenologique 6: 96 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Gymnostomum ovatum Hedw. legitimate

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]

Jolley, H. & Milne, J. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2013), 57. Pottiaceae: Pterygoneurum. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]

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

• distribution: W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic.

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