Wanatabe, R. (1987), R.Watan. (1987), J. Jap. Bot. 62 62: 90 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Hypnum kuripanum Dozy & Molk. legitimate

Touw, A. & Falter-van den Haak, L. (1989), A revision of the Australasian Thuidiaceae (Musci), with notes on species from adjacent regions. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 67: 38 [secondary reference]

Touw, A. (2001), A taxonomic revision of the Thuidiaceae (Musci) of tropical Asia, the western Pacific, and Hawaii. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 91: 107 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Pelekium gratum (P.Beauv.) Touw legitimate

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