Basson, P.W. (1979), Marine algae of the Arabian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia (second half). Botanica Marina 22: 67 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Conferva ornata C.Agardh legitimate

Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995), Bibliographic checklist of non-marine algae in Australia: - [secondary reference]

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Conferva ornata C.Agardh legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Asterocytis ornata (C.Agardh) Hamel legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hormospora ramosa Thwaites legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goniotrichum caerulescens Zanardini legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callonema smaragdinum Reinsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goniotrichum ramosum (Thwaites) Hauck legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asterocytis ramosa (Thwaites) Gobi ex F.Schmitz legitimate

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

• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Lund, Sweden: [Accession No. unknown]
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef, Peronian). World: Widely distributed in northern temperate regions, Indian Ocean, Papua New Guinea.

Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: T.J.Entwisle and L.Nairn (2011) use this taxon concept.
• Distribution: Victoria, Northern Territory

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G M. (2021), -. Algaebase web site: www.algaebase.org: - AAL [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Conferva ornata C.Agardh legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Asterocytis ornata (C.Agardh) Hamel legitimate taxonomic synonym: Hormospora ramosa Thwaites legitimate taxonomic synonym: Callonema smaragdinum Reinsch legitimate taxonomic synonym: Goniotrichum ramosum (Thwaites) Hauck legitimate taxonomic synonym: Asterocytis ramosa (Thwaites) Gobi ex F.Schmitz legitimate

• Distribution: New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland (Sthn), Northern Territory

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