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"Sainsbury (1955) considered P. tasmanica to be a Tasmanian endemic species. Scott and Stone (1976, p. 303) expressed doubt concerning its taxonomic status. Shaw (2006) placed Mniobryum tasmanicum Broth. and its numerous nomenclatural equivalents into synonymy with P. wahlenbergii, noting that “these plants…fall well within the range of variation for P. wahlenbergii”. Mniobryum tasmanicum is founded on three syntypes collected by W.A. Weymouth at Mt Wellington, Tasmania. N.Z. material named by both Dixon and Sainsbury as M. (or Pohlia) tasmanicum has been examined and referred without reservation to P. wahlenbergii."

Fife, A.J. 2020: Mielichhoferiaceae. In: Smissen, R. (ed.) Flora of New Zealand – Mosses. Fascicle 47. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.