Phyllophora maillardii Montagne & Millardet, 1862: 8–9, pl. XXIV (`maillardi') (type locality: Réunion).—G. Martens, 1868: 96–97.— G. Murray, 1887: 24.
Carpopeltis maillardii (Montagne & Millardet) Chiang, 1970: 68–69, pl. 5c.—Sartoni, 1975: 297.— Sartoni, 1976: 133.— Jaasund, 1977c: 420.— Lawson, 1980: 36.— Seagrief, 1980: 25, fig. on pl. 8.— Desikachary, V. Krishnamurthy, & M. Balakrishnan, 1990: 264–265, pl. XXXIX.
Taxonomic synonym:
Cryptonemia rigida Harvey ex J. Agardh, 1876: 163 (type locality: Sri Lanka).—Schmitz, 1895a: 140, 167.— Schmitz, 1895b: 29.— Hariot, 1902: 471.— Jadin, 1935: 170.— Lawson, 1980: 40.— Payri, 1985: 640.
Carpopeltis rigida (Harvey ex J. Agardh) Schmitz, 1895a: 168.—De Toni, 1905: 1606.— Svedelius, 1906b: 192.— Reinbold, 1907: 577.— Weber-van Bosse, 1921: 246.— Børgesen, 1936: 84.— Børgesen, 1937b: 325.— Børgesen, 1943: 27–29, fig. 9.— Børgesen, 1950b: 12.— Durairatnam, 1961a: 52–53.— S. Dixit, 1966: 14.— Isaac, 1968: 4.— S. Dixit, 1970: 119.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 19.— Jaasund, 1976: 83, fig. 167.— Knutzen & Jaasund, 1979: 3.— Lawson, 1980: 36.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [31].
Possible misapplied name (fide Schmitz, 1894b: 195–196, footnote; 1895a: 167):
Suhria ? zollingeri.—Grunow, 1867: 82, pl. X: fig. 3.— J. Agardh, 1876: 554.— Hauck, 1886 [1886–1889]: 167.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Indonesia (Flores), Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nicobar Islands, Réunion, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Schmitz (1895a: 167). The combination Carpopeltis maillardii as used by W. Isaac & F. Isaac (1968: 23) was invalid since those authors did not cite the basionym and thus failed to satisfy Art. 33.2. The name Cryptonemia rigida was used, without a description, by Harvey (1855a: no. 51) in his Ceylon exsiccata. The Harvey record was repeated by G. Murray (1887: 24).