Brotherus, V.F. (1895), New species of Australian mosses. III. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 37: 172 [comb. nov.]

Paris, J.E.G.N. (1896), Index Bryologicus sive enumeration muscorum hucusque cognitorum adjunctis synonyma distributioneque geographica locupletissimis: 660 [basionym]

basionym of: Hypnum nelsonii (Broth.) Paris legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Hypnum nelsonii (Broth.) Paris legitimate

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