Harvey, W.H. (1855), Algae. Flora novae-zelandiae: 221, tab CX. B. [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Hab. East Coast and Cook's Straits, Lyall.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]

Reinke, J. (1890), Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Sphacelariaceen. Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft 8: 214 [basionym]

basionym of: Ptilopogon botryocladus (Hook.f. & Harv.) Reinke legitimate

Womersley, H.B.S. (1967), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 15: - [secondary reference]

Womersley, H.B.S. (1967), A critical survey of the marine algae of southern Australia. II. Phaeophyta. Australian Journal of Botany 15: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Ptilopogon botryocladus (Hook.f. & Harv.) Reinke legitimate

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

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