Churchill, S.P. & Buck, W.R. (1982), Brittonia 34: 9 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Leptotheca wattsii Cardot legitimate

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 16 [secondary reference]

Gilmore, S.R. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (2006), Rhizogoniaceae. Flora of Australia: 357 [secondary reference]

Klazenga, N. (2015), AusMoss: Catalogue of Australian mosses, v. 2015-11-16: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: Tas

• distribution: Tas. Endemic.

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