Mitten, W. (1866), Transactions of the Botanical Society Edinburgh 8: 280 [comb. nov.]

Hooker, J.D. (1867), Order IV. Musci. Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: 426 [basionym]

basionym of: Racomitrium ptychophyllum (Mitt.) Mitt. legitimate

Ochyra, Ryszard; Żarnowiec, Jan Tadeusz; Bednarek-Ochyra, Halina Krystyna (2003), Census catalogue of Polish mosses. Biodiversity of Poland 3: 147 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Bucklandiella ptychophylla (Mitt.) Bedn.-Ochyra & Ochyra legitimate

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