Caulerpaceae
Caulerpa urvilleana Mont. , legitimate, scientific
Montagne, J.P.F.C. in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. (1845), Vol. 1, Plantes cellulaires. Botanique: 21-22 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Hab. cum priori legit ill. d'Urville.
Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Caulerpa serrata Kütz. legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1871), Die Algen des tropischen Australiens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 5: 66
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]
orthographic variant: Caulerpa urvilliana orth. var.
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Caulerpa serrulata (Forssk.) J.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, J.G. (1837), Novae species algarum, quas in itinere ad oras maris rubri collegit Eduardus Rueppell; cum observationibus nonnullis in species rariores antea cognitas. Museum Senckenbergianum. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte 2: 174
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: The future 'Algae of Australia' account of this taxon by Ian Price will place the species in Caulerpa cupressoides var. urvilleana.
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Flindersian, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: Papua, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, SW Pacific.
Price, I.R. (2011), A taxonomic revision of the marine green algal genera Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in northern (tropical and subtropical) Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Caulerpa freycinetii var. boryana (J.Agardh) Weber Bosse legitimate by May, V. (1951), The marine algae of Brampton Island, great barrier Reef, off mackay, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 76: 93