Piccone, A. (1884), Contribuzioni all'algologia eritrea. Nuova Giornale Botanico Italiano 16: 293 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: ...., di Adelaide, ...
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Wien: [Accession No. unknown]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1956), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. I. Chlorophyta. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7: - [secondary reference]

Kraft, G.T. & Wynne, M.J. (1996), Delineation of the genera Struvea Sonder and Phyllodictyon J.E. Gray (Cladophorales, Chlorophyta). Phycological Research 44: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Struvea plumosa Sond. legitimate

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

• Comment: This name is an herbarium name used by Grunow and validly published in Piccone (1884).

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