Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1850), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 2: 135 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Pilotrichum sieberi Hampe nom. inval., nom. nud.

Streimann, H. (1991), Taxonomic studies on Australian Meteoriaceae (Musci). 1. Introduction and the genus Papillaria. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 69: 221 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Papillaria crocea (Hampe) A.Jaeger legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Papillaria crocea (Hampe) A.Jaeger legitimate

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