Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 366, 367 [comb. nov.]

Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 604 [secondary reference]

Henderson, R.J.F. (2002), Names and Distribution of Queensland Plants, Algae and Lichens: - [secondary reference]

misapplication: Caulerpa racemosa var. occidentalis (J.Agardh) Børgesen legitimate by Cribb, A.B. (1996), Seaweeds of Queensland a Naturalist's Guide: 19

Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.

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

• Comment: Kraft 2000: 604 retains this name for a group of specimens which he indicates are not to be included in Caulerpa peltata.
• AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island.

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 corynephora Mont. legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1871), Die Algen des tropischen Australiens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 5: 65

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: 186 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caulerpa racemosa (Forssk.) J.Agardh var. racemosa legitimate by Kraft, G.T. (2000), Marine and estuarine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of Lord Howe Island, South-western Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany 13: 604

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