Sonder, O.W. (1845), Nova Algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Preiss, Ph.Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3: 53 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: No type statement is found in Sonder 1845.

Womersley, H.B.S. (1979), Southern Australian species of Polysiphonia Greville (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: - [secondary reference]

• Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Melbourne: 1006708

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

taxonomic synonym of: Polysiphonia decipiens Mont. legitimate

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

• Comment: Sonder 1848 in Lehmann's 'Plantae Preissianae' p. 181 cites the following locality:- 'Ad Novae Hollandiae litus occidentale. Herb. Preiss. No. 2583.'.

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