Hooker, W.J. & Greville, R.K. (1824), Sketch of the characters of the mosses, belonging to the genera Orthotrichum, (including Schlotheimia, Micromitrium and Ulota,) Glyphomitrion, and Zygodon. Edinburgh Journal of Science 1: 120 [comb. nov.]

Bridel, S.E. von (1826), Bryologia Universa 1: 740 [basionym]

basionym of: Macromitrium tenue (Hook. & Grev.) Brid. legitimate

Vitt, D.H. (1973), A revisionary study of the genus Macrocoma. Revue Bryologique et Lichenologique 39: 217 [basionym]

basionym of: Macrocoma tenuis (Hook. & Grev.) Vitt legitimate

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