Bridel, S.E. von (1812), Muscologiae Recentiorum Supplementum 2: 54 [comb. nov.]

Britton, E.G. (1918), The Bryologist 21: 28 [basionym]

basionym of: Sematophyllum subpinnatum (Brid.) E.Britton legitimate

Carvalho-Silva, M.; Stech, M.; Soares-Silva, L.H.; Buck, W.R.; Wickett, N.J.; Liu, Y.; Câmara, P.E.A.S. (2017), A molecular phylogeny of the Sematophyllaceae s.l. (Hypnales) based on plastid, mitochondrial and nuclear markers, and its taxonomic implications. Taxon 66(4): 824 [basionym]

basionym of: Brittonodoxa subpinnata (Brid.) W.R.Buck, P.E.A.S.Câmara & Carv.-Silva legitimate

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