Bridel, S.E. von (1819), Muscologiae Recentiorum Supplementum 4: 172 [comb. nov.]

Mitten, W. (1882), Australian mosses. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19: 85 [basionym]

basionym of: Acanthocladium extenuatum (Brid.) Mitt. legitimate

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 extenuatum (Brid.) Paris legitimate

Crum, H.A. (1971), Nomenclatural changes in the Musci. The Bryologist 74: 171 [basionym]

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

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