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: 221 [comb. nov.]

Streimann, H. (2000), Taxonomic studies on Australian Hookeriaceae (Musci) 3. The genera Calyptrochaeta, Daltonia, Hookeriopsis and Sauloma. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 88: 125-127 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Daltonia splachnoides (Sm.) Hook. & Taylor legitimate

Streimann, H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 11. Hookeriaceae: Daltonia. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: 2 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Daltonia splachnoides (Sm.) Hook. & Taylor legitimate

Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Daltonia splachnoides (Sm.) Hook. & Taylor legitimate

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