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: 553 [comb. nov.]

Paris, J.E.G.N. (1900), Index Bryologicus sive enumeratio muscorum hucusque cognitorum adiunctis synonymia distributioneque geographica locupletissimis. Supplementum primum: Suppl. 306 [basionym]

basionym of: Sematophyllum crinitum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Paris legitimate

Paris, J.E.G.N. (1909), Collatio Nominum Brotherianorum et Indicis Bryologici: 1 [basionym]

basionym of: Acanthocladium crinitum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Broth. ex Paris legitimate

Ramsay, H.P., W.B. Schofield & B.C. Tan (2002), The family Sematophyllaceae (Bryopsida) in Australia. Part 1. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 92: 10 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Wijkia extenuata (Brid.) H.A.Crum legitimate

Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 14. Pylaisiadelphaceae: Wijkia. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: 2 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Wijkia extenuata (Brid.) H.A.Crum legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Wijkia extenuata (Brid.) H.A.Crum legitimate

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