Bridel, S.E. von (1812), Muscologiae Recentiorum Supplementum 2: 121 [comb. nov.]

Paris, J.E.G.N. (1900), Index Bryologicus sive enumeratio muscorum hucusque cognitorum adiunctis synonymia distributioneque geographica locupletissimis. Supplementum primum: 292 [basionym]

basionym of: Rhacocarpus purpurascens (Brid.) Paris legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Rhacocarpus purpurascens (Brid.) Paris legitimate

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