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Libros
1971. Systematics of the neotropical species of Thelypteris section Cyclosorus. 143 pp. ISBN 0520093968
1975. New species and new combinations of ferns from Chiapas, Mexico. 230 pp.
1980. Taxonomy of Thelypteris subgenus Steiropteris, including Glaphyropteris (Pteridophyta). Volumen 76 de University of California publications in botany. 38 pp. ISBN 0520096029
john Mickel, alan reid Smith. 2004. The pteridophytes of Mexico. Volumen 88 de Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 1.054 pp. ISBN 0893274585
La abreviatura «A.R.Sm.» se emplea para indicar a Alan Reid Smith como autoridad en la descripción y clasificación científica de los vegetales.