Howe, M.A. in Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Algae. The Bahama Flora: 595 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Type a tetrasporic plant collected from Port Macon jetty, Beaufort, North Carolina, by W.D. Hoyt, August 23 1907 and deposited in the U.S. National Herbarium.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Botany, Smithsonian Institution: [Accession No. unknown]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Padina gymnospora (Kütz.) Sond. legitimate

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

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