Gottsche, C.M., Lindenberg, J.B.W. & Nees von Esenbeck, C.D.G. (1847), Synopsis Hepaticarum 5: 652 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Jungermannia opisthotona Hook.f. & Taylor legitimate

Inoue, H. & Schuster, R.M. (1971), Monograph of the New Zealand and Tasmanian Plagiochilaceae. Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory 34: 203 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Plagiochila retrospectans Nees legitimate

McCarthy, P.M. (2003), Catalogue of Australian Liverworts and Hornworts. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 21: 83 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Plagiochila retrospectans Nees legitimate

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