Wilson, W. in Hooker, J.D. (1859), Nat. Ord. V. Musci, Juss. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2: 162 [comb. nov.]

replaced synonym: Sphagnum compactum var. ovatum Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate

Warnstorf, C.(F.E.) (1911), Sphagnales, Sphagnaceae (Sphagnologia universalis). Das Pflanzenreich 51: 154 [basionym]

basionym of: Sphagnum antarcticum var. australe (Mitt.) Warnst. nom. illeg.

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 28 [secondary reference]

Fife, A.J. (1996), A synopsis of New Zealand Sphagna, with a description of S. simplex sp. nov. New Zealand J. Bot 34: 315 [secondary reference]

Seppelt, R.D. (2000), The Sphagnopsida (Sphagnaceae; Ambuchananiaceae) in Australia. Hikobia 13: 170 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum confertum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum macrocephalum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum weymouthii Warnst. ex Rodway legitimate

Seppelt, R.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Sphagnaceae. Flora of Australia 51: 96 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum confertum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. fluctuans Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum macrocephalum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum orthocladum nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum falcirameum Müll.Hal. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum campbellianum Müll.Hal. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. ericetorum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum weymouthii Warnst. ex Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. subsquarrosum Warnst. ex Rodway legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum confertum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum Mitt. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum procerum Schimp. ex Warnst. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. fluctuans Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum macrocephalum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. ericetorum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum f. densissimum Warnst. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum orthocladum nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum falcirameum Müll.Hal. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum campbellianum Müll.Hal. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum weymouthii Warnst. ex Rodway legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sphagnum antarcticum var. subsquarrosum Warnst. ex Rodway legitimate

• distribution: N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.
• remarks: ACT report (Seppelt 2006a: 96) is not mapped in Flora of Australia Vol. 51 (map 3, p. 390)

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