Brotherus, V.F. & Watts, W.W. (1918), The mosses of north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43: 567 [comb. nov.]

Touw, A. (1971), A taxonomic revision of the Hypnodendraceae (Musci). Blumea 19: 307 [basionym]

basionym of: Hypnodendron comatulum (Broth.) Touw legitimate

Bell, N.E., D. Quandt, T.J. O'Brien & A.E. Newton (2007), Taxonomy and phylogeny in the earliest diverging pleurocarps. The Bryologist 110: 555 [secondary reference]

Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - APC [secondary reference]

• distribution: Qld. Endemic.

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