Geheeb, A. (1876), Sur une petite collection de mousses de l'Australie récoltées par un amateur. Revue Bryologique 2-4: 4 [comb. nov.]

Mitten, W. (1882), Australian mosses. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19: 88 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhynchostegium laevisetum (Geh.) Mitt. legitimate

Hedenäs, L. (1996), Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Australian Brachytheciaceae. Nova Hedwigia 62: 459 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxyrrhynchium howeanum Broth. & Watts legitimate

Hedenäs, L. (2002), An overview of the family Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta) in Australia. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 92: 75 [secondary reference]

Ignatov, M.S.; Huttunen, S. (2002), Brachytheciaceae (Bryophyta)—a family of sibling genera. Arctoa 11: 273 [basionym]

basionym of: Oxyrrhynchium laevisetum (Geh.) Ignatov & Huttunen legitimate

Hedenäs, L. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 65. Brachytheciaceae: Eurhynchium. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Oxyrrhynchium howeanum Broth. & Watts legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym: Oxyrrhynchium howeanum Broth. & Watts legitimate

• APC Dist.: Qld, NSW, LHI

• distribution: Qld, N.S.W., Lord Howe I. Endemic.

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