Sainsbury, G.O.K. (1955), Sainsbury (1955), Bull. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 5 5: 146 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Weissia viridula var. gymnostoma Dixon legitimate

Fife, A.J. (1995), Checklist of the mosses of New Zealand. The Bryologist 98: 310 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Weissia patula (C.Knight) Fife legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Weissia patula (C.Knight) Fife legitimate

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