Sonder, O.W. (1871), Die Algen des tropischen Australiens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 5: 46 [comb. nov.]

basionym: Fucus woodwardia R.Br. ex Turner legitimate

Cribb, A.B. (1978), A list of marine algae from Hinchinbrook Island. Queensland Naturalist 22: 68 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Dictyopteris woodwardia (R.Br. ex Turner) C.Agardh legitimate

Phillips, J.A. & Price, I.R. (1997), A catalogue of Phaeophyta (brown algae) from Queensland, Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 10 (5): - [secondary reference]

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

• Comment: Millar & Kraft 1994 Australian Systematic Botany 7:15 and Phillips 2000 Australian Systematic Botany 13:295 place the specimen, 'the Ballina record' with Dictyopteris acrostichoides. This does not mean that a change of rank from species to variety was not made by Sonder.

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