Lamarck, J.B.A.P.M. de (1815), Sur les polypiers corticiferes. Memoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 2: 240 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Habite ... les mers de la Nouvelle-Hollande? Peron et Leseur. Ma collection.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Herbier Cryptogamie, Paris: [Accession No. unknown]

Decaisne, J. (1842), Essais sur une classification des algues et des polypiers calciferes de Lamouroux. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 17: 359 [basionym]

basionym of: Amphiroa chara (Lam.) Decne. legitimate

Ducker, S.C. (1979), The genus Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: - [secondary reference]

Ducker, S.C. (1979), The genus Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 88 [basionym]

basionym of: Metagoniolithon chara (Lam.) Ducker legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1996), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Metagoniolithon chara (Lam.) Ducker legitimate

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

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