Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Gottsche, C.M., Lindenberg, J.B.W. & Nees von Esenbeck, C.D.G. (1844), Synopsis Hepaticarum 1: 72 [comb. nov.]

Bastow, R.A. (1888), Tasmanian Hepaticae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1887: 247 [secondary reference]

Stephani, F. (1911), Species Hepaticarum 4: 118 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Diplophyllum densifolium (Hook.) Mitt. legitimate

McCarthy, P.M. (2003), Catalogue of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 21: 16 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Blepharidophyllum vertebrale (Taylor ex Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees) Angstr. legitimate by Bastow, R.A. (1888), Tasmanian Hepaticae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1887: 247

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