Gottsche, C.M. in Gottsche, C.M., Lindenberg, J.B.W. & Nees von Esenbeck, C.D.G. (1845), Synopsis Hepaticarum 2: 237 [comb. nov.]

Stephani, F. & Watts, W.W. (1914), Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 48: 135 [secondary reference]

McCarthy, P.M. (2003), Catalogue of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 21: 106 [doubtful misapplied]

doubtful misapplied to: Trichocolea mollissima (Hook.f. & Taylor) Gottsche legitimate by Stephani, F. & Watts, W.W. (1914), Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 48: 135

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