Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1848), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 1: 142 [comb. nov.]

Goffinet, B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Splachnaceae. Flora of Australia: 178 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tayloria octoblephara (Hook.) Mitt. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Tayloria octoblephara (Hook.) Mitt. legitimate

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