Hooker, J.D. & Wilson, W.M. (1844), Musci antarctici, being characters with brief descriptions of the new species of mosses discovered during the voyage of H.M. discovery ships, Erebus and Terror, in the southern circumpolar regions, together with those of Tasmania and New Zealand. London Journal of Botany 3: 551 [comb. nov.]

Müller, J.K.(C.)A.(F.W.) (1850), Synopsis Muscorum Frondosorum omnium hucusque Cognitorum 2: 21 [basionym]

basionym of: Mniadelphus rotundifolius (Hook.f. & Wilson) Müll.Hal. legitimate

Brotherus, V.F. (1890), Some new species of Australian mosses I. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 33: 506 [basionym]

basionym of: Distichophyllum rotundifolium (Hook.f. & Wilson) Müll.Hal. & Broth. legitimate

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