protologue: Tasm. Journ. : 2. 185. 1844; Hk. sp 1. 103 t. 37 A. 1844. HB. 62. Chr. 18. NPfl. 109 (1844)
2 543266 Hymenophyllum pulcherrimum Col.H.C. Field, Ferns New Zealand: p. 60, t. 20, fig. 6 (1890)
2 543266 Hymenophyllum pulcherrimum Col.J.D. Hooker, Bot. Antarct. Voy., vol. 2(2): (Flora Tasmaniae (flowerless plants)): t. 74 (1855) [W.H. Fitch]
2 543266 Hymenophyllum pulcherrimum Col.W.J. Hooker, Sp. Fil., vol. 1 : t. 37, fig. A (1846)