Mitten, W. (1873), New species of Musci collected in Ceylon by Dr. Thwaites. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 13: 305 [comb. nov.]

Ramsay, H.P. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Leptostomataceae. Flora of Australia 51: 350 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Leptostomum erectum R.Br. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Leptostomum erectum R.Br. legitimate

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