Montagne, J.P.F.C. in d'Orbigny, C.V.D. (ed.) (1842), Bostrychia. Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle: 661 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Fucus scorpioides Huds. legitimate

May, V. (1965), A census and key to the species of Rhodophyceae (red algae) recorded from Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3: 377 [secondary reference]

King, R.J. & Puttock, C.F. (1989), Morphology and taxonomy of Bostrychia and Stictosiphonia (Rhodomelaceae/Rhodophyta). Australian Systematic Botany 2: - [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Fucus scorpioides Huds. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Amphibia scorpioides (Huds.) Stackh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Fucus amphibius Huds. legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), Flora of Australia: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), Flora of Australia: The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Bostrychia harveyi Mont. legitimate by May, V. (1965), A census and key to the species of Rhodophyceae (red algae) recorded from Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3: 377

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

• AMANI dist.: World: Western Europe, Mediterranean, Chile.

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