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Mitten, W. (1882), Australian mosses. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 19: 52 [basionym]

basionym of: Dicranum microcarpum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Mitt. legitimate

Paris, J.E.G.N. (1895), Index Bryologicus sive enumeration muscorum hucusque cognitorum adjunctis synonyma distributioneque geographica locupletissimis: 341 [basionym]

basionym of: Dicranoweisia microcarpa (Hook.f. & Wilson) Paris legitimate

Ochyra, R. (1999), Ochyra (1999), Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 44 44: 503 [basionym]

basionym of: Brachydontium microcarpum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Ochyra legitimate

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