Wilson, W. in Hooker, J.D. (1854), Nat. Ord. C. Musci, Juss. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae 2(6): 124 [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: 264 [basionym]

basionym of: Pterygophyllum nigellum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. legitimate

Streimann, H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 11. Hookeriaceae: Achrophyllum. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: 1 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Achrophyllum dentatum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Vitt & Crosby legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Achrophyllum dentatum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Vitt & Crosby legitimate

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