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: Tetraplodon tasmanicus Hampe legitimate

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

Goffinet, B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Splachnaceae. Flora of Australia: 180 [secondary reference]

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

• distribution: Tas. Endemic.

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