Endlicher, S.F.L. in Endlicher, S.F.L. (ed.) (1843), Algae. Genera plantarum: 16 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Caulerpa selago var. brownii C.Agardh legitimate

Sonder, O.W. (1853), Plantae Muellerianae: Algae. Linnaea 25: - [secondary reference]

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]

misapplication: Caulerpa selago (Turner) C.Agardh legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1853), Plantae Muellerianae: Algae. Linnaea 25: 661 misapplication: Caulerpa selago (Turner) C.Agardh legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1855), Plantae Muellerianae. Continuatio. Algae annis 1852 et 1853 collectae. Linnaea 26: 507

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: 365 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caulerpa longifolia C.Agardh legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1853), Plantae Muellerianae: Algae. Linnaea 25: -

Womersley, H.B.S. (1984), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Caulerpa selago var. brownii C.Agardh legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Chauvinia selago var. brownii (C.Agardh) Kütz. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Chauvinia brownii (C.Agardh) Trevis. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caulerpa furcifolia Hook.f. & Harv. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Chauvinia furcifolia (Hook.f. & Harv.) Kütz. legitimate

• APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.

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

• Comment: Not recorded recently on Lord Howe Island see Millar & Kraft 1994 Aust. Syst. Bot. 7:436.
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian). World: New Zealand.

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