Montagne, J.P.F.C. (1857), Huitième centurie de plantes cellulaires nouvelles, tant indigènes qu'exotiques. Décades IV et V. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 7: 136 [tax. nov.]

• Type locality: Agalega Islands.
• Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Herbier Cryptogamie, Paris: [Accession No. unknown]

Gepp, A. & Gepp, E.S. (1908), Marine algae (Chlorophyceae and Phaeophyceae) and marine phanerogams of the 'Sealark' Expedition, collected by J. Stanley Gardiner. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 7: 178 [basionym]

basionym of: Avrainvillea amadelpha (Mont.) A.Gepp & E.Gepp legitimate

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [secondary reference]

Huisman, J.M., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. & Townsend, R.A. in Bryce, C. (2009), Marine benthic plants of Western Australia's shelf-edge atolls. Marine Biodiversity Survey of Mermaid Reef (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reef: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Avrainvillea amadelpha (Mont.) A.Gepp & E.Gepp legitimate

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

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