Turner, D. (1819), Fuci: 120-121, pl. 248 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Place of growth unknown.

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

Phillips, J.A. & Price, I.R. (1997), A catalogue of Phaeophyta (brown algae) from Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10 (5): - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sargassum swartzii C.Agardh legitimate

ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]

• Comment: This name is a later homonym of F. swartzii C. Agardh.

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