Drew, K.M. (1928), A revision of the genera Chantransia, Rhodochorton, and Acrochaetium with descriptions of the marine species of Rhodochorton (Naeg.) gen. emend. on the Pacific coast of North America. University of California Publications in Botany 14: 173-174 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Epiphytic on some larger Melanophyceae, such as Egregia Menziesii, Laminaria Sinclairii, L. Andersonii, and Pterygophora californica. Known from central California, Fort Point and Land's End, San Francisco; Duxbury Reef and Tomales Bay, Marvin County; and Cypress Point, Monterey County. Type, Herb. Univ. calif. no. 294559 (Gardner, no. 4441) from Fort Point. April, 1919.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: University of California: 294559

Smith, G. M. (1944), Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula: 180 [basionym]

basionym of: Acrochaetium plumosum (K.M.Drew) G.M.Sm. legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. (1971), Morphology and taxonomy of the Audouinella complex (Rhodophyta) in southern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. Supplementary Series 1: - [secondary reference]

Woelkerling, W.J. (1971), Morphology and taxonomy of the Audouinella complex (Rhodophyta) in southern Australia. Australian Journal of Botany. Supplementary Series 1: 48 [basionym]

basionym of: Colaconema plumosa (K.M.Drew) Woelk. legitimate

Garbary, D.J. (1979), Numerical taxonomy and generic circumscription in the Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta). Botanica Marina 22: 490 [basionym]

basionym of: Audouinella plumosa (K.M.Drew) Garbary legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. & Womersley, H.B.S. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), Order Acrochaetiales. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Audouinella plumosa (K.M.Drew) Garbary legitimate

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

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