Reichardt, H.W (1866), Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 957 [tax. nov.]

Stephani, F. (1916), Species Hepaticarum 5: 955 [basionym]

basionym of: Megaceros gracilis (Reichardt) Steph. legitimate

McCarthy, P.M. (2003), Catalogue of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 21: 74 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Megaceros gracilis (Reichardt) Steph. legitimate

CHAH (2013), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Megaceros gracilis (Reichardt) Steph. legitimate

Cargill, D.C., Vella, N.G.F., Sharma, I. & Miller, J.T. (2013), Cryptic speciation and species diversity among Australian and New Zealand hornwort taxa of Megaceros (Dendrocerotaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 26: 367-368 [secondary reference]

• Neotype: here designated: Clyde Mountain, 18 km SE of Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia. 25 Aug. 1991 Curnow & Lepp 4198 (CANB!); isoneotypes: AK, MEL, NSW.

Cargill, D.C., Vella, N.G.F., Sharma, I. & Miller, J.T. (2013), Cryptic speciation and species diversity among Australian and New Zealand hornwort taxa of Megaceros (Dendrocerotaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 26: 367 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Megaceros gracilis (Reichardt) Steph. legitimate

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