Kindberg, N.C. (1889), Enumeratio Bryinearum Exoticarum, Supplementum Primum: 91 [basionym]

basionym of: Leptotrichum baileyi Müll.Hal. ex Kindb. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Fleischer, M. (1904), Die Musci der Flora von Buitenzorg 1: 300 [comb. nov.]

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

taxonomic synonym of: Ditrichum difficile (Duby) M.Fleisch. legitimate

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