Brotherus, V.F. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (ed.) (1903), Bryales, in part. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien I, 3: 502 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Splachnum purpurascens Hook.f. & Wilson legitimate

Goffinet, B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Splachnaceae. Flora of Australia: 179 [secondary reference]

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

• distribution: N.S.W.
• remarks: Once found in N.S.W., no precise locality known (Goffinet 2006: 179).

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