Foslie, M. (1900), New or critical calcareous algae. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1899: 18-20 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: The plant is known from Cape Jaffa, South Australia. apparently scarce. Dr. Aug. Engelhart.

Heydrich, F. (1907), Ueber Sphaeranthera lichenoides (Ell. et Sol.) Heydr. mscr. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt Abt. 1 22: 223 [basionym]

basionym of: Lithothamnion patena f. engelhartii (Foslie) Heydr. legitimate

Adey, W.H. (1970), A revision of the Foslie herbarium. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter 1970 (1): 23 [basionym]

basionym of: Mesophyllum engelhartii (Foslie) W.H.Adey legitimate

Woelkerling, W.J. (1993), Type collections of Corallinales (Rhodophyta) in the Foslie Herbarium (TRH). Gunneria 67: - [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Lithothamnion engelhartii f. imbricata Foslie legitimate

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Trondheim: [Accession No. unknown]

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Mesophyllum engelhartii (Foslie) W.H.Adey legitimate

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

• Comment: Name given by Foslie 1900 L. engelhartii f. imbricata.

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