Brotherus, V.F. (1890), Some new species of Australian mosses I. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 33: 97 [comb. nov.]

Paris, J.E.G.N. (1894), Index Bryologicus sive enumeration muscorum hucusque cognitorum adjunctis synonyma distributioneque geographica locupletissimis: 63 [basionym]

basionym of: Barbula baileyi (Broth.) Paris legitimate

Catcheside, D.G. (1980), Mosses of South Australia: 163 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Tortula papillosa Wilson legitimate

Zander, R.H. (1993), R.H.Zander (1993), Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 32 32: 267 [basionym]

basionym of: Syntrichia baileyi (Broth.) R.H.Zander legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Syntrichia papillosa (Wilson) Jur. legitimate

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