Mitten, W. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1856), A list of the musci and hepaticae collected in Victoria, Australia, by Dr. F. Mueller. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 260 [comb. nov.]

Mitten, W. (1882), Australian mosses. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19: 69 [basionym]

basionym of: Philonotis fertilis (Mitt.) Mitt. legitimate

Gilmore, S.R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Bartramiaceae. Flora of Australia: 270 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Philonotis tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Philonotis tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt legitimate

Klazenga, N. (2023), Census of Australian Bryophytes v. 2023-02-28: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Philonotis tenuis (Taylor) Reichardt legitimate

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