Kindberg, N.C. (1891), Enumeratio Bryinearum Exoticarum, Supplementum Secundum: 101 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Distichophyllum baileyanum Müll.Hal. legitimate

Streimann, H. (1999), Taxonomic studies on Australian Hookeriaceae (Musci) 2. The genera Distichophyllum and Bryobrothera. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 86: 92 [taxonomic synonym]

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

Streimann, H. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 11. Hookeriaceae: Distichophyllum. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: 2 [taxonomic synonym]

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

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

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

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