Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1872), Musci Indici novi adjectis nonnullis aliis exoticis. Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde 37: 174 [comb. nov.]

Catcheside, D.G. & Stone, I.G. (1988), The mosses of the Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 11: 14 [secondary reference]

Arts, T. (2001), A revision of the Splachnobryaceae (Musci). Lindbergia 26: 91 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Splachnobryum obtusum (Brid.) Müll.Hal. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Splachnobryum obtusum (Brid.) Müll.Hal. legitimate

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