Tan, B.C. (1979), A new classification for the genus Physcomitrella B.S.G. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 46: 334 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Physcomitrium readeri Müll.Hal. legitimate

Fife, A.J. & Seppelt, R.D. (2001), A revision of the family Funariaceae (Musci) in Australia. Hikobia 13: 488 [secondary reference]

Fife, A.J. & Seppelt, R.D. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2012), 67. Funariaceae: Physcomitrella. Australian Mosses Online <http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/Mosses_online>: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Physcomitrella austropatens Broth. ex Roth legitimate

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