Bruch, P.; Schimper, W.P. & Gümbel, W.T. von (1847), Bryologia Europaea 1: 164 (fasc. 41 Mon. 4) [comb. nov.]

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: 257 [basionym]

basionym of: Dicranum torfaceum (Bruch & Schimp.) Mitt. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Campylopus pyriformis (Schultz) Brid. legitimate

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