Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: xviii, pl. CCLXX [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. Vasse, Western Australia, Mrs Brown.
• Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]

Agardh, J.G. (1890), Till Algernes Systematik. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 26: 52 [secondary reference]

Schmitz, C.J.F. & Falkenberg, P. in Engler, A. & Prantl, K. (ed.) (1897), Rhodomelaceae. Die naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Teil 1, Abteilung 2: 450 [basionym]

basionym of: Holotrichia comosa (Harv.) F.Schmitz 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]

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

Womersley, H.B.S. & Parsons, M.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), Lopothalieae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Gonatogenia subulata J.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, J.G. (1890), Till Algernes Systematik. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 26: 52

Womersley, H.B.S. & Parsons, M.J. in Womersley, H.B.S. (2003), Lopothalieae. The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIID: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Holotrichia comosa (Harv.) F.Schmitz legitimate

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

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