Greville, R.K. (1849), Algae orientales:- descriptions of new species belonging to the genus Sargassum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3: 505-506, pl. XI, figs 1-4 (lower right) [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. in mari Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis; Wight.

Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Catalogue of marine brown algae (Phaeophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 7: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sargassum angustifolium C.Agardh 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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