Linnaeus, C. (1753), Species Plantarum 2: 1136 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Targionia hypophylla L. [autotype]

McCarthy, P.M. (2003), Catalogue of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 21: 102 [secondary reference]

Crandall-Stotler, B., Stotler, R.E. & Long, D.G. (2009), Phylogeny and classification of the Marchantiophyta. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 66(1): 175 [secondary reference]

CHAH (2011), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas

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