Bruch, P.; Schimper, W.P. & Gümbel, W.T. von (1853), Bryologia Europaea 6: 53. pl. 564 (fasc. 55--56 Monogr. 9. pl. 3) [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hypnum serpens Hedw. legitimate

Clifford, H.T. (1953), The mosses of Macquarie Island and Heard Island. Austral. Nat. Antarct. Res. Exp. (A.N.A.R.E.) Reports ser. B, vol. 2, Bot.: 11 [secondary reference]

Sainsbury, G.O.K. (1955), Notes on Tasmanian mosses from Rodway's herbarium. II. Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania 89: 42 [secondary reference]

Vitt, D.H. (1979), The moss flora of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand, with consideration of habitats, origins, and adaptations. Canadian Journal of Botany 57: 2241 [secondary reference]

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 16 [secondary reference]

Streimann, H. (1998), Musci Australasiae Exsiccati: 452 [secondary reference]

Seppelt, R.D. (2004), The moss flora of Macquarie Island: 42 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Hypnum serpens Hedw. legitimate

• APC Dist.: SA, ACT, Vic, Tas, HI, MI

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

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