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Recent pteridophyte name changes
Jim Croft ( jim.croft@environment.gov.au )
This resource is being compiled and provided as guide to to recent changes in nomenclature and taxonomy of Australian ferns and their allies. It is not exhaustive, but is provided to assist users who are not in constant contact with the literature of pteridophytes keep up with contemporary pteridological thought and to help them find the taxa they are interested in.
It is intended that this list will cover the approximate period of the decade from 1990 onwards. However, significant changes or changes that have major impacts that were proposed before this date will also be included.
Why plants change their names
Botanists change the names they use for plants for a number of reasons as their knowledge of species and their relationships to each other increases as a result of research and new scientific methods being applied to research.
While this may be confusing and even irritating to users, it is considered a process of continual improvement and is tightly controlled by the botanical community through the rules and administrative procedures of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. The rules cover how and under what circumstances names should be created and changed, and which names can be used and which names can not.
New names come into existence as botanists discover new species or recognize new species among older collections. In the past, botanists working in different parts of the world may have applied different names to what eventually turn out to be the same species. One of the fundamental principles of the Code is that a taxon can have only one name. As these problems are resolved, the names applied to species may change if a name used in one area must be be replaced by that used in another.
Another the fundamental principles of the Code is that where a number of names are available for the same taxon, the oldest name has priority and must be used. Thus in the process of a revision botanists may find an earlier name that had been overlooked and this name must be used, even if there is another name for the taxon that had previous wide acceptance.
Another source of changed names results from improvements in understanding of the limits of taxa as a result of research an new information. Large, complex or polymorphic taxa may be divided into a number of smaller, simpler and more uniform taxa ('splitting'), or a number of very similar or closely related taxa may be merged or coalesced ('lumping'). Either may result in a plant species moving from one genus to another and thus having to change its genus name.
Synonyms are plant names that apply to an accepted taxon name. Nomenclatural synonyms are based on the same type specimen as the accepted species, and mostly share the same specific epithet as the accepted species name but have different genus names. Taxonomic synonyms are based on different type specimens, nearly always have different species epithets to the accepted species name and may or may not be in the same genus.
Name changes in Australian Pteridophytes
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
Synonyms and other obsolete or deprecated names are in italics.
| Old name | New name | Date | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||
| Actinostachys | Actinostachys | 1998 | Species of this genus were previously considered part of Schizaea | Chinnock 1998 |
| Abacopteris aspera | = Pronephrium asperum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Adiantaceae | incl. Hemionitidadceae Sinopteridaceae Taenitidaceae |
1998 | There is a trend treat the Adiantaceae as inclusive of a number of related genera and sometimes as part of an expanded Pteridaceae. The alternative is to treat Adiantum the sole genus in this family, and recognise several other families for the other genera. Ceratopteris, the sole genus of the Parkeriaceae is sometme included in Adianataceae. | Bostock 1998 |
| Adiantum cunninghamii in Australia | = Adantum silvaticum | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Bostock 1998 |
| Allantodia | = Diplazium | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Allantodia australe | = Dipazium australis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Alsophila | = Cyathea | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila australis | = Cyathea australis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila baileyana | = Cyathea baileyana | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila cunninghamii | = Cyathea cunninghamii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila leichardtiana | = Cyathea leichardtiana | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila marcescens | = Cyathea X marcescens | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila rebeccae | = Cyathea rebeccae | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila robertsiana | = Cyathea robertsiana | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Alsophila woolsiana | = Cyathea woolsiana | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Angiopteridaceae | = Marattiaceae | 1998 | Past authors have recognized separate families for each of the marattioid genera; while morphologically quite distinct, recognition a the family level is probably not warranted. | Camus 1998 |
| Antrophyum reticulatum in Australia | = Antrophyum callifolium | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Jones 1998 |
| Apteropteris | = Sphaerocionium | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of two related genera. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Apteropteris applanta | = Sphaerocionium applanatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Arachniodes hasseltii | = Dryopteris hasseltii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Aspidiaceae | = Dryopteridaceae | 1998 | The family name Aspidiaceae is is an earlier name but invalid because it is based on the invalid genus name, Aspidium. | Jones 1998 |
| Asplenium | Asplenium | 1998 | Some modern authors include Pleurosorus as a subgenus of Asplenium. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Asplenium adiantoides | = Asplenium polyodon | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Asplenium falcatum | = Asplenium polyodon | 1998 | Illegitimate name. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Asplenium macilwraithense | = Asplenium laserpitiifolium | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Asplenium obtusatum var. difforme | = Asplenium difforme | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Asplenium subglandulosum | = Pleurosorus subglandulosus | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Asplenium tenerumoides | = Asplenium tenerum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Asplenium terrestre | = Asplenium appendiculatum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Athyriaceae | incl: Woodsiaceae |
1998 | If this family is treated in the broad sense, encompassing northern and New World genera, the earliest available name is Woodsiaceae. All Australasian genera are Athyrioid. The gereric limits in this family are not not always obvious and are in need or further study. | Jones 1998 |
| Athyriopsis | = Deparia | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Some modern authors chose not to recognize the amalgamation of four similar and obviusly related genera into Deparia. | Jones 1998 |
| Athyriopsis japonica | = Deparia petersenii subsp. congrua | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Athyrium | = Diplazium or Deparia in Australia | 1998 | This generic name has been used in Australia, but modern treatments consider the genus to be northern and extra-Australian. Australian species that have been assigned to Athyrium in the past, but they are now considered to be Diplazium or Deparia. | Jones 1998 |
| Athyrium australe | = Diplazium austale | 1998 | nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| B | ||||
| Blechnum alpinum | = Blechnum penna-marina subsp. alpina | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Bolbitis neglecta | = Pteridoblechnum neglectum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| C | ||||
| Calochlaena | incl. Culcita in Australasia |
1998 | Split of the genus Culcita. Old world species not related to type species. | Jones 1998 |
| Calymmodon cucculatus in Australia | = Calymmodon luerssenianus | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Parris 1998 |
| Cephalomanes | incl. Macroglena Selenodesmium |
1998 | Amalgamation of several related genera with Cephalomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Ceratopteris | Ceratopteris | 1998 | Sometimes included in the family Adiantaceae but considered by most authors to be sufficiently distinct to warrant its own family, Parkeriaceae. | Bostock 1998 |
| Ceratopteris cornuta in Australia | = Ceratopteris thalictroides | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cheilanthes caudata var. tenuissima | = Cheilanthes nitida | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Cheilanthes cavernicola | = Cheilanthes pumilio | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Cheilanthes dunlopii | = Cheilanthes pumilio | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Cheilanthes pinnatifida | = Cheilanthes caudata | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Cheilanthes pseudovellea | = Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. pseudovellea | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Cheilanthes tenuifolia in southern Australia | = Cheilanthes austrotenuifolia | 1998 | Distinct disjunct species. Name sometimes also misapplied to specimens of Cheilanthes sieberi. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Cheilanthes tenuissima | = Cheilanthes nitida | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Colysis | Colysis | 1998 | Colysis with elongate and distinct sori considered in a recent treatment to be congeneric with Leptochilus, which is distinguised by conracted and acrostichoid sori. If the the two genera are treated as one, the older name Leptochilus has priority over Colysis. Both are very close to Microsorum | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Coveniella | Coveniella | 1998 | An Australian endemic genus, erected to accomodate a species from NE Queensland, previously considered to be a Dryoteris. | Jones 1998 |
| Craspedoneuron | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonyn. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Craspedoneuron pallidum | = Crepidomanes pallidum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Craspedophyllum | = Hymenophyllum | 1998 | Taxonomic Synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Hymenophyllum in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Craspedophyllum marginatum | = Hymenophyllum marginatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidomanes | incl. Craspedoneuron Crepidophyllum Crepidopteris Gonocormus Microtrichomanes Pleuromanes Polyphlebium Reediella Vandenboschia |
1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidomanes australiensis | = Crepidomanes kurzii | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidophyllum | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidophyllum australiense | = Crepidomanes kurzii | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidophyllum endlicheranum | = Crepidomanes endlicherianum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidophyllum wildii | = Crepidomanes humile | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidopteris | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidopteris endlicheranum | = Crepidomanes endlicherianum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crepidopteris wildii | = Crepidomanes humile | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Crypsinus | incl. Phymatopteris |
1998 | In some recent treatments included in Selliguea with a number of smaller related genera from outside Australasia. While the Australian species is clearly Crypsinus, some of the extra-Australian species are more equivocal. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Ctenopteris | Ctenopteris | 1998 | When taking into account extra-Austalasian species, the boundaries between Grammitis, Ctenopteris and Prosaptia are not as clear cut as when only the Australian sspecies are considered. | Parris 1998 |
| Ctenopteris contigua | = Prosaptia contigua | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| Ctenopteris fuscopilosa | = Prosaptia fuscopilosa | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| Ctenopteris maidenii | = Prosaptia maidenii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| Ctenopteris repandula in Australia | = Ctenopteris walleri | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Parris 1998 |
| Culcita in Australasia | = Calochlaena | 1998 | Split of the genus Culcita. Old world species not related to type species. | Jones 1998 |
| Culcitaceae | = Dicksoniaceae | 1998 | Segregate family of Dicksoniaceae. The Australian genus Calochlaena does not fit well there and further research is need to clarify the placement of this and other satellite families. | Jones 1998 |
| Culcita dubia | = Calochlaena dubia | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Culcita villosa | = Calochlaena villosa | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Cyathea | incl. Alsophila Sphaeropteris |
1998 | Taxonomic synonyms. Cyathea treated in the broad sense. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyatheaceae | Cyatheaceae | 1998 | Major differences exist bewteen Old World and New World botanists in their treatment of cyatheoid tree ferns, the former preferring to treat Cyathea as a single genus with a number of subgenera, the later as a number of seperate genera including Alsophila, Sphaeropteris, etc. Modern Australian treatments have considered Cyathea in the broad sense. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyclosorus arida | = Christella arida | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyclosorus dentatus | = Christella dentata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyclosorus parasiticus | = Christella parasitica | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyclosorus penningera | = Pneumatopteris penningera | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyclososrus truncatus in Australia | = Pneumatopteris sogerensis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyclosorus unitus | = Sphaerostephanos unitus | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Cyrtomium | incl. Phanerophlebia |
1998 | The New World species of Cyrtomium, of which the naturalized Australian species is a representative, are often segregated into a separate genus, Phanerophlebia on the basis of different venation patterns; however, this character is variable. | Jones 1998 |
| Cystopteris felix-fragilis in Australia | = Cystopteris tasmanica | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Jones 1998 |
| Cystopteris fragilis in Australia | = Cystopteris tasmanica | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Jones 1998 |
| D | ||||
| Davallia | incl. Humata Scyphularia |
1998 | Combination of several genera to accommodate a number of intermediate or difficult to place species. | Bell 1998 |
| Davalliaceae | Davalliaceae | 1998 | In the narrow sense a family of Davallia and related genera. Rumohra is somtimes included in this family but the placement is difficult because the genus shares characters other the otherwise quite unrelated Davalliaceae (frond form and climbing eiphytic habit) and Dryopteridaceae (medial sorus with a peltate indusium); modern authors place the genus in either family; on balance, it sits more comfortably in the Dyropteridaceae. The related genera of Oleandra, Nephrolepis and Arthropteris are very commonly placed in their own family, Oleandraceae. | Bell 1998; Jones 1998 |
| Davallia pyxidata | = Davallia solida var. pyxidata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bell 1998 |
| Davallia solida | = Davallia solida var solida | 1998 | Autonym. Created by Davallia solida var. pyxidata. | Bell 1998 |
| Dennstaedtiaceae | incl. Hypolepidaceae |
1998 | This family is treated in a variety of ways by different authors. In the broad sense it includes Lindsaeaceae, in a narrow sense it excludes genera related to Hypolepis and Pteridium in a separate family, Hypolepidaceae. The middle ground of excluding Lindsaea and related genera but including Hypolepis and related genera is most common, but is by no means universal. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Deparia | incl: Athyriopsis Dryoathyrium Lunathyrium |
1998 | While a simplification at the generic level, some modern authors continue to use either of the three generic synonyms. | Jones 1998 |
| Dicksoniaceae | Dicksoniaceae | 1998 | Some authors have chosen a narrower circumscription of this family, excluding genera such as Calochlaena and Culcita. This may or may not be justified; more research is needed in these genera. In the past, dicksonioid genera were treated as part of an expanded Cyatheaceae. | Jones 1998 |
| Didymoglossum | = Trichomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Didymogloss exiguum | = Trichomanes exiguum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Diplazium accedens | incl. Allantodia Athyrium in Australia |
1998 | The taxonomy of genera in Athryiaceae has been neither clear nor stable. Most species of Diplazium also have name in Athyrium, however the latter is now considered to be extra-Australian in distribution. | Jones 1998 |
| Diplazium accedens | = Callipteris prolifera | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Diplazium proliferum | = Callipteris prolifera | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Diplazium sylvaticum in Australia | = Diplazium dameriae | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Jones 1998 |
| Dipteridaceae | Dipteridaceae | 1998 | Dipteris is placed in its own family. Often treated aspart of Polypodiaceae because of some superficial similarities, bit us quite anomalous there. | Bostock 1998 |
| Doodia aspera var. caudata | = Doodia caudata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| Doodia caudata var. media | = Doodia media | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| Doodia media subsp. australis | = Doodia australis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| Dryoathyrium | = Deparia | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Some modern authors chose not to recognize the amalgamation of four similar and obviusly related genera into Deparia. | Jones 1998 |
| Dryopteridaceae | incl. Aspidiaceae Hypoderriaceae |
1998 | The family name Aspidiaceae is invalid being based on the invalid genus name, Aspidium. Some earlier treatments chose to recognize segregate familes Dryopteridaceae for genera related to Dryopteris and Polystichum and Hypoderriaceae for genera related to Tectaria. Rumohra is included in this family but the placement is difficult because the genus shares characters other the otherwise quite unrelated Davalliaceae (frond form and climbing eiphytic habit) and Dryopteridaceae (medial sorus with a peltate indusium); modern authors place the genus in either family. On balance, it sits more comfortably in the Dyropteridaceae. | Jones 1998 |
| Dryopteris poecilophlebia | = Coveniella poecilophlebia | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. An Australian endemic genus, erected to accomodate a species from NE Queensland, previously considered to be a Dryoteris. | Jones 1998 |
| E | ||||
| F | ||||
| G | ||||
| Gleicheniaceae | Gleicheniaceae | 1998 | Near all modern Australian treatments have recognized the generic distinctness of Gleichenia, Sticherus and Diplopterygium. Some overseas treatment merge these genera dn recognize the distinction at a subgeneric level. The distinctness of Dicranopteris is almost universaly recognized. | Chinnock & Bell 1998 |
| Gleichenia longissima | = Diplopterygium longissimum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chinnock & Bell 1998 |
| Gleichenia milnei | = Sticherus milnei | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chinnock & Bell 1998 |
| Goniophlebium | incl.Schellolepis | 1998 | Considered by some to be doubfuly distict from Polypodium but Old World botanists have been reasonably consistent in keeping it separate. The most revision removes the New World species but included the doubtful degrate, Schellolepis. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Goniophlebium verrucosum | = Goniophlebium percussum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Gonocormus | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonyn. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Gonocormus minutus | = Crepidomanes proliferum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Gonocormus prolifer | = Crepidomanes proliferum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Gonocormus saxifragoides | = Crepidomanes saxifragoides | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Grammitidaceae | Grammitidaceae | 1998 | As a family, quite distinct. However, there are problems with the circumscriptions and limits of some of the genera and further study is required. | Parris 1998 |
| Grammitis | Grammitis | 1998 | When taking into account extra-Austalasian species, the boundaries between Grammitis, Ctenopteris and Prosaptia are not as clear cut as when only the Australian sspecies are considered. | Parris 1998 |
| Grammitis armstronii | = Grammitis poeppigiana | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| Grammitis meridionalis | = Grammitis billardieri | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Parris 1998 |
| H | ||||
| Hemicyatheon | = Hymenophyllum | 1998 | Taxonomic Synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Hymenophyllum in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Hemicyatheon baileyanum | = Hymenophyllum baileyanum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Hemionitidaceae | = Adiantaceae | 1998 | There is a trend treat the Adiantaceae as inclusive of a number of related genera. The alternative is to treat Adiantum the sole genus in this family, and recognise several other families for the other genera. | Bostock 1998 |
| Humata | = Davallia | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Combination of several genera to accommodate a number of intermediate or difficult to place species. | Bell 1998 |
| Humata pectinata | = Davallia pectinata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bell 1998 |
| Humata repens | = Davallia repens | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bell 1998 |
| Hymenophyllaceae | Hymenophyllaceae | 1998 | There is much disagreement among botanists about how many genera should be recognized in Hymenophyllaceae, the number varying from 2 to over 30. The most recent reatment for Australia lists 5 genera. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Hymenophyllum | incl. Craspedophyllum Hemicyatheon Mecodium Meringium |
1998 | Amalgamation of several related genera with Hymenophyllum in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Hymenophyllum babindae | = Hymenophyllum subdimidiatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Hymenophyllum contiguum | = Hymenophyllum polyanthon var. contiguum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Hypoderriaceae | = Dryopteridaceae | 1998 | Some earlier treatments chose to recognize segregate familes Dryopteridaceae for genera related to Dryopteris and Polystichum and Hypoderriaceae for genera related to Tectaria. | Jones 1998 |
| Hypolepidaceae | = Denstaedtiaceae | 1998 | Genera related to Hypolepis and Pteridium are sometime seggregated in a separate family, Hypolepidaceae. Including Hypolepis and related genera in Dennstaedtiaceae is a common approach, but is by no means universal. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Hypolepis punctata of various authors | = Hypolepis glandulifera | 1998 | Misinterpretation. | Brownsey 1998 |
| I | ||||
| Isoetes drummondii var. anomala | = Isoetes drummondii subsp. anomala | 1991 | Nomenclatural synonym; change in rank | Chinnock 1998 |
| J | ||||
| K | ||||
| L | ||||
| Lastreopsis shepherdii | = Lastreopsis acuminata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Lecanopteris | incl: Myrmecophila Myrmecopteris |
1998 | Ant ferns; very close to Microsorum | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Leptochilus | Leptochilus | 1998 | Australian species considered to be n the genus Colysis. Colysis with elongate and distinct sori considered in a recent treatment to be congeneric with Leptochilus, which is distinguised by conracted and acrostichoid sori. If the the two genera are treated as one, the older name Leptochilus has priority over Colysis. Both are very close to Microsorum | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Leptochilus acuminatus | = Pteridoblechnum acuminatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Leptochilus amplus | Colysis ampla | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Leptochilus neglectus | = Pteridoblechnum neglectum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Leptopteris | Leptopteris | 1998 | The characters traditionally used to separate species are very variable and the boundaries between Leptopteris frazeri (Australia), Leptopteris wilkesiana (Pacific) and Leptopteris alpina (New Guinea) are not well defined. Chinnock (1998) suggests that further research may reveal more than one species within the Australian collections. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lindsaeaceae | Lindsaeaceae | 1998 | This group of genera in this family are treated in a variety of ways by different authors, sometimes combined with Dennstaedtiaceae as a subfamily. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Lunathyrium | = Deparia | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Some modern authors chose not to recognize the amalgamation of four similar and obviusly related genera into Deparia. | Jones 1998 |
| Lunathurium japonicum | = Deparia petersenii subsp. congrua | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Lycopodium | Huperzia Lycopodiella Lycopodium |
1998 | The variability of Lycopodium has been accommodated by dividing the genus into three separate genera on the basis stem and strobilis morphology. This is still not universal but is gaining wider acceptance in Australia. Other views consider the species in a single genus, others in as many as 12 genera. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium australianum | = Huperzia australiana | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium carinatum | = Huperzia carinata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium cernuum | Lycopodiella cernua | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium dalhousieanum | = Huperzia dalhousieana | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium diffusum | = Lycopodiella diffusa | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium filiforme | = Huperzia filiformis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium laterale | = Lyopodiella lateralis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium lockleri | = Huperzia lockyeri | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium marsupiiforme | = Hurperzia marsupiiformis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium phlegmaria | = Huperzia phlegmaria | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium phlegmarioides | = Huperzia phlegmarioides | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium proliferum | = Huperzia prolifera | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium serpentinum | = Lycopodiella serpentina | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium serratum | = Huperzia serrata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium squarosum | = Huperzia squarrosa | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| Lycopodium varium | = Huperzia varia | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym | Chinnock 1998 |
| M | ||||
| Macroglena | = Cephalomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Cephalomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Macroglena brasii | = Cephalomanes brassii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Macroglena caudata | = Cephalomanes caudata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Marattia salicina on mainland Australia | = Marattia oreades | 1998 | Misinterpretation, misidentification. Marattia salicina occurs on Lord Howe Island. | Camus 1998 |
| Mecodium | = Hymenophyllum | 1998 | Taxonomic Synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Hymenophyllum in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium australe | = Hymenophyllum australe | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium flabellatum | = Hymenophyllum flabellatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium contiguum | = Hymenophyllum polyanthon var. contiguum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium javanicum | = Hymenophyllum javanicum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium rarum | = Hymenophyllum rarum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium samoense | = Hymenophyllum samoense | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium walleri | = Hymenophyllum walleri | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Mecodium whitei | = Hymenophyllum whitei | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Meringium | = Hymenophyllum | 1998 | Taxonomic Synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Hymenophyllum in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Meringium bivalve | = Hymenophyllum bivalve | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Meringium kerianum | = Hymenophyllum kerianum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Meringium loblii | = Hymenophyllum lobbii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microgonium | = Trichomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microgonium bimarginatum | = Trichomanes bimarginatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microgonium mindorense | = Trichomanes mindorense | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microgonium motleyi | = Trichomanes motleyi | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microgonium omphalodes | = Trichomanes tahitense | 1998 | Illegitimate name. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microgonium tahitense | = Trichomanes tahitense | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microschizaea | = Schizaea | 1998 | A segregate of Schizaea; the segregation of the small unbranched species into Microschizaea is not widely accepted. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Microschizaea fistulosa | = Schizaea fistulosa | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Microschizaea rupestris | = Schizaea rupestris | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Microsorium | = Microsorum | 1998 | Nomeclatural synonym. Orthography. | Bostock 1998e |
| Microsorum | incl. Microsorium Phymatodes Phymatosorus |
1998 | Orthography. Phymatosorus was recognized to accommodate species with large regularly spaced coenosori, but such a distinction is not always consistent. A combination of the genera into one accommodates intermediate and difficult to distinguish species and hybidism species of the two supposed genera. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microsorum diversifolium | = Microsorum pustulatum | 1998 | taxonomic synonym. Conspecific with New Zealand species. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microtrichomanes | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microtrichomanes digitatum | = Crepidomanes digitatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Microtrichomanes vitiencse | = Crepidomanes vitiense | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Myrmecophila | = Lecanopteris | 1998 | Ant ferns; very close to Microsorum | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Myrmecoperis | = Lecanopteris | 1998 | Ant ferns; very close to Microsorum | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Myrmecoteris sinuosa | = Lecanopteris sinuosa | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| N | ||||
| O | ||||
| Oenotrichia | ? in Australia | 1998 | Oenotrichia is considered to endemic to New Caledonia and the Australian species assigned to that genus do not blong there, nor perhaps even in the Dennstaedtiaceae at all. Brownsey (1998) suggests th genus Australian species belong a genus with affinities to Ctenits and Lastreopsis in the Dryopteridaceae. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Oleandraceae | Oleandraceae | 1998 | Sometimes included in the family Davalliaceae with Davallia and related genera. Oleandra, Nephrolepis and Arthropteris are quite distinct probably merit a separate family. | Bell 1998 |
| Ophioderma | = Ophioglossum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Covers teh basically pendulous and epiphytic species. Recognized as a subgenus | Chinnock 1998 |
| Ophioglosum nudicaule | incl. Ophioderma |
1998 | Erected to accommodate a group of basically epiphytic and pendulous species, Ophioderma is rarely used as a genus these days, being treated mainly at the subgeneric level. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Ophioglosum coriaceum | = Ophioglossum lusitanicum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Ophioglosum nudicaule in Australia | = Ophioglossum lusitanicum | 1998 | Misinterpretation, misidentification. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Ophioglosum petiolatum | = Ophioglossum reticulatum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Chinnock 1998 |
| P | ||||
| Parkeriaceae | Parkeriaceae | 1998 | The sole genus in this family, Ceratopteris, is sometimes included in the Adiantaceae but most treatments regard it as being separate. | Bostock, 1998 |
| Phanerophlebia | = Cyrtomium | 1998 | The New World species of Cyrtomium, of which the naturalized Australian species is a representative, are often segregated into a separate genus, Phanerophlebia on the basis of different venation patterns; however, this character is variable. | Jones 1998 |
| Phanerophlebia falcata | = Cyrtomium falcatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Jones 1998 |
| Phymatodes diversifolia | = Microsorum pustulatum | 1998 | taxonomic synonym. Conspecific with New Zealand species. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatodes scandens | = Microsorum scolopendria | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatodes scolopendria | = Microsorum scolopendria | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatodes sinuosa | = Lecanopteris sinuosa | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatopteris | = Crypsinus | 1998 | In some recent treatments included in Selliguea with a number of smaller related genera from outside Australasia. While the Australian species is clearly Crypsinus, some of the extra-Australian species are more equivocal. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatopteris simplissima | = Crypsinus simplissimus | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatosorus | = Microsorum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. A genus created to accommodate species with large regularly spaced coenosori, the distinction is not always clear and consistent and hybidism is known between species of the two supposed genera. | Bostock 1998 |
| Phymatosorus grossus | = Microsorum grossum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatosorus nigrescens | = Microsorum membranifolium | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatosorus pustulatus | = Microsorum pustulatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatosorus scandens | = Microsorum scandens | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Phymatosorus scolopendria | = Microsorum scolopendria | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Platycerium bifurcatum var. hillii | = Platycerium hillii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Platycerium bifurcatum var. veitchii | = Platycerium veitchii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Platyzomataceae | Platyzomataceae | 1998 | Platyzoma is placed in its own family. Previously treated in Gleicheniaceae because of superficial similarity of the roundish strongly revolute pinnae with the pinnules of some species of Gleichenia. The genus uas been placed in a range of families relatedto Adiantaceae and Pteridaceae in the broader senses. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Pleuromanes | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Pleuromanes pallidum | = Crepidomanes pallidum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Pleurosorus | Pleurosorus | 1998 | Some modern authors include Pleurosorus as a subgenus of Asplenium. | Brownsey 1998 |
| Polyphlebium | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Polyphlebium venosum | = Crepidomanes venosum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Polypodiaceae | incl. Drynariaceae Loxogrammaceae Platyceriaceae |
1998 | As a family, quite distinct. Dipteris has been included in the past but is now considered to belong its own family, Dipteridaceae. Grammitidaceae has been included in Polypodiaceae in the past, but rarely in modern treatments. The boundaries of several genera (mostly extra-Australasian) are unclear and are treated in various ways by different authors. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Polystichum fragile | =Revwattsia fragile | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. An Australian endemic genus, erected to accomodate a species from NE Queensland, previously considered to be a Polystichum. | Jones 1998 |
| Prosaptia | Prosaptia | 1998 | When taking into account extra-Austalasian species, the boundaries between Grammitis, Ctenopteris and Prosaptia are not as clear cut as when only the Australian sspecies are considered. | Parris 1998 |
| Psilotaceae | incl. Psilotaceae |
1998 | Because or the distinctive leafy nature of Tmesipteris and its 2-celled synangia, some authors place it its own family. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Pteridoblechnum | incl. Steenisioblechnum |
1998 | A genus that proved difficult to recognize or resolve, but is now reasonably stable. Steenisioblechnum is not considered sufficiently distinct to warrantrecognition at the generic level. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Pyrrosia adnascens | = Pyrossia lanceolata | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Pyrrosia dielsii | = Pyrossia confluens var. dielsii | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Q | ||||
| R | ||||
| Reediella | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Reediella australiense | = Crepidomanes kurzii | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Reediella endlicherana | = Crepidomanes endlicherianum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Reediella humilis | = Crepidomanes humile | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Reediella wildii | = Crepidomanes humile | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Revwattsia | Revwattsia | 1998 | An Australian endemic genus, erected to accomodate a species from NE Queensland, previously considered to be a Dryopteris. | Jones 1998 |
| Rumohra | Rumohra | 1998 | Placement of Rumohra in a family is difficult because the genus shares characters other the otherwise quite unrelated Davalliaceae (frond form and climbing eiphytic habit) and Dryopteridaceae (medial sorus with a peltate indusium); modern authors place the genus in either family. On balance, it sits more comfortably in the Dyropteridaceae. | Jones 1998; Bell 1998 |
| S | ||||
| Schellolepis | = Goniophlebium | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Schellolepis percussa | = Goniophlebium percussum | 1998 | Nonenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Schellolepis verrucosa | = Goniophlebium percussum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Schellolepis subauriculata | = Goniophlebium subauriculatum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Schizaeaceae | Schizaeaceae Lygodiaceae |
1998 | Lygodium separated from remainder of Schizaeaceae into its own family, Lygodiaceae, on the basis of its very distinctive climbing habit and frond morphology. Not all authors choose to follow this arrangement. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Schizaea | Actinostachys Schizaea (incl. Microschizaea) |
1998 | A division of the genus Schizaea into two genera (Schizaea & Actinostachys) on the basis of pinnate vs. digitate arrangement of the sporangia bearing segments. The two groups are quite distinct, but some authors chose to recognize the distinction at a subgeneric level. The segregation of the small unbranched species into Microschizaea is not widely accepted. | Chinnock |
| Schizaea digitata | = Actinostachys digitata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Schizaea wagneri | = Actinostachys wagneri | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Scyphularia | = Davallia | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Combination of several genera to accommodate a number of intermediate or difficult to place species. | Bell 1998 |
| Selenodesmium | = Cephalomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Cephalomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Selenodesmium elongatum | = Cephalomanes obscurum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Selenodesmium obscurum | = Cephalomanes obscurum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Selliguea | Selliguea | 1998 | In some recent treatments includes Crypsinus with a number of smaller related genera from outside Australasia. While the Australian species is clearly Crypsinus, some of the extra-Australian species are more equivocal. | Bostock, 1998 |
| Sinopteridaceae | = Adiantaceae | 1998 | There is a trend treat the Adiantaceae as inclusive of a number of related genera. The alternative is to treat Adiantum the sole genus in this family, and recognise several other families for the other genera. | Bostock, 1998 |
| Sphaerocionium | incl. Apteropteris< |
1998 | Amalgamation of two related genera. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Sphaerocionium australe | = Hymenophyllum australe | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Sphaerocionium bivalve | = Hymenophyllum bivalve | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Sphaeropteris | = Cyathea | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Sphaeropteris celebica | = Cyathea celebica | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Sphaeropteris concinna | = Cyathea felina | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Sphaeropteris cooperi | = Cyathea cooperi | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Sphaeropteris felina | = Cyathea felina | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Steenisioblechnum | = Pteridoblechnum | 1998 | A genus on the basis of venation and spore morphology. Shares many charaters with Pteridoblechnum. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| Steenisioblechnum acuminatum | = Pteridoblechnum acuminatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Chambers & Farrant 1998 |
| T | ||||
| Taenitidaceae | = Adiantaceae | 1998 | There is a trend treat the Adiantaceae as inclusive of a number of related genera. The alternative is to treat Adiantum the sole genus in this family, and recognise several other families for the other genera. | Bostock, 1998 |
| Tectara muelleri | = Tectaria confluens | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteridaceae | Theypteridaceae | 1998 | Major differences exist bewteen Old World and New World botanists in their treatment of the genera of Thelypteridaceae, the former preferring to recognize an number of genera, the later often treating them all as Thelypteris. Modern Australian treatments have adopted the multiple genera of Holttum (1981). | Bostock 1998; Holttum 1981 |
| Thelypteris arida | = Christella arida | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris aspera | = Pronephrium asperum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris costata | = Pneumatopteris costata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris dentata | = Christella dentata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris heterocarpa | = Sphaerostephanos heterocarpus | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris hispidula | = Christella hispidula | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris immersa | = Amphineuron immersum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris interrupta | = Cyclosorus interruptus | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris opulenta | = Amphineuron opulentum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris parasitica | = Christella parasitica | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris penningera | = Pneumatopteris penningera | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris prolifera | = Ampelopteris prolifera | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris sogerensis | = Pneumatopteris sogerensis | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris subpubescens | = Christella subpubescens | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris terminans | = Amphineuron terminas | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris torresiana | = Macrothelypteris torresiana | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris triphylla | = Pronephrium tripyllum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Thelypteris tuberculata | = Plesioneuron tuberculatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock 1998 |
| Tmesipteridaceae | = Psilotaceae | 1998 | Because or the distinctive leafy nature of Tmesipteris and its 2-celled synangia, some authors place it its own family. | Chinnock 1998 |
| Tmesipteris billardierei | = Tmesipteris obliqua | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym, illegitimate name | Chinnock 1998 |
| Trichomanes | incl. Didymoglossum Microgonium |
1998 | Taxonomic synonym | Bostock & spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes aphlebioides | = Crepidomanes aphlebioides | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes atrovirens | = Cephalomanes atrovirens | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes barnardianum | = Crepidomanes barnardianum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes caudata | = Cephalomanes caudata | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes digitatum | = Crepidomanes digitatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes bipunctatum | = Crepidomanes bipunctatum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes endlicheranum | = Crepidomanes endlicherianum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes humile | = Crepidomanes humile | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes johnstonensis | = Crepidomanes johnstonense | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes kurzii | = Crepidomanes kurzii | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes majoriae | = Crepidomanes majoriae | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes obscurum | = Cephalomanes obscurum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes pallidum | = Crepidomanes pallidum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes peltatum | = Trichomanes tahitense | 1998 | Illegitimate name. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes prolifera | = Crepidomanes proliferum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes saxifragoides | = Crepidomanes saxifragoides | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes venosum | = Crepidomanes venosum | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes venulosum | = Crepidomanes bipunctatum | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomes vitiense | = Crepidomanes vitiense | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes walleri | = Crepidomanes walleri | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Trichomanes wildii | = Crepidomanes humile | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| U | ||||
| V | ||||
| Vandenboschia | = Crepidomanes | 1998 | Taxonomic synonym. Amalgamation of several related genera with Crepidomanes in a broader sense. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Vandenboschia aphlebioides | = Crepidomanes aphlebioides | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| Vandenboschia johnstonensis | = Crepidomanes johnstonense | 1998 | Nomenclatural synonym. | Bostock & Spokes 1998 |
| W | ||||
| Woodsiaceae | = Athyriaceae | 1998 | If this family is treated in the broad sense, encompassing northern and New World genera, the earliest available name is Woodsiaceae. All Australasian genera are Athyrioid. The gereric limits in this family are not not always obvious and are in need or further study. | Jones 1998 |
| X | ||||
| Y | ||||
| Z |
Old Name: The old or previous name of a species or group of species was known as. The name that has been superceded in modern floras and taxonomic treatments. Taxa that have not changed in name but have changed in circumscription (i.e. by spliting or lumping) will also be listed here. There will be only one species, genus or family name in this column.
New Name: The new or currently preferred name (or names) of a species or group of species. The name that supercedes older names in modern floras and taxonomic treatments. Where species, genera or families have been lumped, there will be only one name in this column; where a species, genus, family has been split there will be two or more names in this column.
Date:. A date at which this chang in name or taxonomic status was reported or taken up. Often, but not necessarily the date of publication of the reference. Often, but not necessarily, the date on which such an arrangement was first proposed. Often, but not necesarily, the date in which the name was first used in Australia.
Comments: General and explanatory comments about the name change or change in taxonomic status. Points or controversy or disagreement amoung botanists can be mentioned here.
Reference: Reference or references supporting this change of name or change of status. Usually a modern flora treatment or taxonomic revision. Often, but not necessarily, the latest such work.
References
The following reference list is not exhaustive and generally refers to post 1999 literature that will serve as a link to earlier works.
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Bostock, P.D. 1998. Adiantaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 248 - 286. (Cheilanthes by Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A.: 271 - 286.)
Bostock, P.D. 1998. Dipteridaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 164 - 165.
Bostock, P.D. 1998. Parkeriaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 287 - 288.
Bostock, P.D. 1998. Tectaria. Fl. Australia 48: 394 - 398
Bostock, P.D. 1998. Thelypteridaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 327 - 358.
Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. 1998. Hymenophyllaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 116 - 148.
Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. 1998. Polypodiaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 468 - 495.
Brownsey, P.J. 1998. Dennstaedtiaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 214 - 228.
Brownsey, P.J. 1998. Aspleniaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 295 - 327.
Brownsey, P.J. 1998. Incertae sedis. Fl. Australia 48: 496 ('Oenotrichia').
Camus, J.M. 1998. Marattiaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 109 - 112.
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Chambers, T.C. & Farrant, P.A. 1998. Cheilanthes. Fl. Australia 48: 271 - 286.
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Chinnock, R.J. 1998. Lycopodiaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 66 - 85.
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Chinnock, R.J. 1998. Ophioglossaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 99 - 109.
Chinnock, R.J. 1998. Osmundaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 99 - 109.
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Jermy,A.C & Holmes, J.S. 1998. Sellaginellaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 85 - 95.
Jones, D.L. 1998. Athyriaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 418 - 429.
Jones, D.L. 1998. Culcitaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 191 - 193.
Jones, D.L. 1998. Dicksoniaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 187 - 191.
Jones, D.L. 1998. Dryopteridaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 393 - 418. (Tectaria by Bostock, P.D.: 394 - 398.)
Jones, D.L. 1998. Lomariopsidaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 429 - 434.
Jones, D.L. 1998. Marsileaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 166 - 173.
Jones, D.L. 1998. Vittariaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 288 - 295.
Kramer, K.U. & McCarthy. P.M. 1998. Lindsaeaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 228 - 240.
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McCarthy, P.M. 1998. Salviniaceae. Fl. Australia 48: 173 - 174.
Parris, B.S. 1998. Doodia. Fl. Australia 48: 385 - 393.
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Wilson, P.G. 1996. Psilopsida. Fl. New South Wales. 1: 2 - 4.
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Wilson, P.G. 1996. Filicopsida. Fl. New South Wales. 1: 13 - 72.