Watts, W.W. & T. Whitelegge (1906), Census muscorum Australiensium. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30 (Suppl.): 155 [comb. nov.]

Gilmore, S.R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Bartramiaceae. Flora of Australia: 269 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Philonotis scabrifolia (Hook.f. & Wilson) Braithw. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Philonotis scabrifolia (Hook.f. & Wilson) Braithw. legitimate

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