Lawton, E. (1973), E.Lawton (1973), Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 100 100: 233 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Racomitrium heterostichum var. tasmanicum Hampe legitimate

Dalton, P.J., R.D. Seppelt & A.M. Buchanan (1991), An annotated checklist of Tasmanian mosses: 21 [secondary reference]

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

nomenclatural synonym: Racomitrium heterostichum var. tasmanicum Hampe legitimate

• APC Dist.: Tas, HI, MI

• distribution: Tas., Macquarie I., Heard I.

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