Hooker, J.D. & Wilson, W.M. (1844), Musci antarctici, being characters with brief descriptions of the new species of mosses discovered during the voyage of H.M. discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, in the southern circumpolar regions, together with those of Tasmania and New Zealand. London Journal of Botany 3: 549 [comb. nov.]

Mitten, W. (1869), Musci Austro-Americani, sive enumeratio Muscorum omnium Austro-Americanorum mihi hucusque cognitorum, eorum paecipue in terris Amazonicis Andinisque Ricardo Spruceo lectorum. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 12: 393 [basionym]

basionym of: Eriopus apiculatus (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. legitimate

Jaeger, A. & Sauerbeck, F.W. (1877), Adumbratio flore muscorum totius orbis terrarum. Part 7. Bericht über die Thätigkeit der St. Gallischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 1875-76: 342 (Ad. 2: 246) [basionym]

basionym of: Pterygophyllum apiculatum (Hook.f. & Wilson) A.Jaeger legitimate

Mitten, W. (1882), Australian mosses. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19: 77 [basionym]

basionym of: Distichophyllum apiculatum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. legitimate

Vitt, D.H. (1979), The moss flora of the Auckland Islands, New Zealand, with consideration of habitats, origins, and adaptations. Canadian Journal of Botany 57: 2251 [basionym]

basionym of: Calyptrochaeta apiculata (Hook.f. & Wilson) Vitt legitimate

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