De Toni, G.B. Sylloge Algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum: 423 [basionym]

basionym of: Pleiophysa spicata (Kütz.) Sond. ex De Toni legitimate

Kuetzing, F.T. (1863), Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zur drei und siebenzig neuen Algenspecies. Hedwigia 2: 12 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: "Ballade" Neu-Caledonia.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Herbier Cryptogamie, Paris: [Accession No. unknown]

Solms-Laubach, H. (1895), Monograph of the Acetabularieae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 5: 31 [basionym]

basionym of: Halicoryne spicata (Kütz.) Solms legitimate

Lewis, J.A. (1987), Checklist and bibliography of benthic marine macroalgae from Northern Australia. III. Chlorophyta: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Halicoryne spicata (Kütz.) Solms legitimate

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]

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

• Comment: Type statement taken from reissue of Kuetzing 1863 issued in Hedwigia Bd 2 Nr 12/13. Valet 1969 Nova Hedwigia 17:604 cites the type as 'Nouvelle Caledonie: Viellard no 1961, a Ina, 1863 (type) (HT et HMP);'.

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