Labillardiere, J.J.H. de (1806), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen: 114, pl. 261 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Habitat ad capitis Van-Diemen littora.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Firenze, Italy: [Accession No. unknown]

Agardh, C.A. (1824), Systema algarum: 291 [basionym]

basionym of: Cystoseira cephalornithos (Labill.) C.Agardh legitimate

Agardh, J.G. (1848), Species genera et ordines algarum: 246 [basionym]

basionym of: Cystophora cephalornithos (Labill.) J.Agardh legitimate

Kützing [Kuetzing], F.T. (1849), Species Algarum [i]-vi, [1]-922: 631 [basionym]

basionym of: Blossevillea cephalornithos (Labill.) Kütz. legitimate

Areschoug, J.E. (1854), Phyceae novae et minus cognitae in maribus extraeuropaeis collectae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 1: 335 [basionym]

basionym of: Caulocystis cephalornithos (Labill.) Aresch. legitimate

Kuntze, O. (1880), Revision von Sargassum und das sogenannte Sargasso-Meer. Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 1: 215, 221 [basionym]

basionym of: Sargassum cephalornithos (Labill.) Kuntze legitimate

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

nomenclatural synonym of: Caulocystis cephalornithos (Labill.) Aresch. legitimate

Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]

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

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