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

basionym: Caulerpa laxa Grev. legitimate

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]

nomenclatural synonym: Caulerpa laxa Grev. legitimate

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

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

• Comment: This is a later homonym of Caulerpa racemosa var. laxa J.Agardh.
• Comment: Silva et al indicate this name is a heterotypic synonym of C. peltata. As of June 1996 the official synonymy has not been made.
• AMANI dist.: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: India, Sri Lanka.

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: 189 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Caulerpa peltata J.V.Lamour. legitimate by Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 367

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