Drepanolejeunea ternatensis (Gottsche) Steph. var. lancispina Herzog, Ann. Bryol. 12: 119. 1939.
Distribution: India [TN: Nilgiri, on way to Avalanche (Udar & U.S. Awasthi, 1982c), Doddabetta (Udar & U.S. Awasthi, 1982c as D. ternatensis var. lancispina), Kanyakumari, Upper Kodaiyar (Daniels & Daniel, 2013), Palni Hills, Kodaikanal, Coasan road (G. Asthana & Saumya Srivastava, 2015 as D. ternatensis var. lancispina)], China (Zhu & So, 2001), Fiji (Söderström & al., 2011), Indonesia (Söderström & al., 2010), Japan (Yamada & Iwatsuki, 2006), Malaysia (ChuahPetiot, 2011, also as D. ternatensis var. lancispina), New Caledonia (Thouvenot & al., 2011), Papua New Guinea (Grolle & Piippo, 1984), Philippines (Tan & Engel, 1986), Samoa (Grolle & SchultzeMotel, 1972), Sri Lanka (Onraedt, 1981; Long & Rubasinghe, 2014), Taiwan (Wang & al., 2011), Africa (Wigginton, 2009), Australia (McCarthy, 2006).