Mitten, W. (1882), Australian mosses. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19: 65 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Splachnum octoblepharum Hook. legitimate

Groves, E.W. & D. Moore (1989), A list of the cryptogams and gymnospermous plant specimens in the British Museum (Natural History) gathered by Robert Brown in Australia 1801-1805. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 111: 84 [secondary reference]

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 29 [secondary reference]

Stoneburner, A.; Wyatt, R.E.; Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1993), Census of the mosses of Western Australia. The Bryologist 96: 93 [secondary reference]

Seppelt, R.D. (2004), The moss flora of Macquarie Island: 264 [secondary reference]

Goffinet, B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Splachnaceae. Flora of Australia: 178 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Splachnum octoblepharum var. pyriforme Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Splachnum octoblepharum var. major Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dissodon cuspidatus Müll.Hal. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Dissodon nanocarpus Müll.Hal. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Dissodon novae-valesiae Müll.Hal. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dissodon pallescens Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Dissodon plagiopus var. minor Müll.Hal. & Hampe nom. inval., nom. nud.

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

taxonomic synonym: Splachnum plagiopus Mont. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Splachnum octoblepharum var. major Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Splachnum octoblepharum var. pyriforme Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dissodon cuspidatus Müll.Hal. nom. illeg. taxonomic synonym: Dissodon novae-valesiae Müll.Hal. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Tayloria pallescens Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Dissodon pallescens Müll.Hal. ex Watts & Whitel. nom. inval., pro syn.

• distribution: W.A., S.A., Qld, N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas., Macquarie I., Heard I.

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