Brotherus, V.F. & Watts, W.W. (1918), The mosses of north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 566 [comb. nov.]

Tan, B.C.; Ramsay, H.P. & Schofield, W.B. (1996), A contribution to Australian Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida). Austral. Syst. Bot 9: 323 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trichosteleum ruficaule (Thwaites & Mitt.) B.C.Tan legitimate

Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 1. Sematophyllaceae: Trichosteleum. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: 3 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Trichosteleum ruficaule (Thwaites & Mitt.) B.C.Tan legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Trichosteleum ruficaule (Thwaites & Mitt.) B.C.Tan legitimate

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