Hooker, J.D. & Wilson, W.M. (1844), Enumeration of the mosses and Hepaticae, collected in Brazil by George Gardner, Esq. London Journal of Botany 3: 550 [comb. nov.]

Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1850), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 2: 25 [basionym]

basionym of: Mniadelphus crispulus (Hook.f. & Wilson) Müll.Hal. legitimate

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

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

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