Greville, R.K. (1830), Algae Britannicae: liv, 123 [primary reference]

Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: synop. no. 428 [secondary reference]

Withell, A.F., Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Taxonomic studies of the genus Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 7: - [secondary reference]

Withell, A.F., Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Taxonomic studies of the genus Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 7: 285 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gracilaria cliftonii Withell, A.Millar & G.T.Kraft legitimate by Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: synop. no. 428

Withell, A.F., Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Taxonomic studies of the genus Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 7: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Gracilaria verrucosa (Huds.) Papenf. 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]

• Comment: G. confervioides sensu Harvey = G cliftonii see Withell et al 1994 Aust Syst Bot 7:345, yet Harvey 1863 Phycologia australica V: synop. no. 426 is not G. confervoides but Gracilaria ?. See Silva et al 1996:916 for the complicated nomenclature concerning this name.
• Comment: G. confervioides sensu Harvey = G. cliftonii see Withell et al 1994 Aust Syst Bot 7:345, yet Harvey 1863 Phycologia australica V: synop. no. 426 is not G. confervoides but Gracilaria ?. Gracilaria ? is considered to be G. cliftonii.

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