Amphiroa capensis Areschoug, 1852: 533 (syntype localities: Table Bay and False Bay, Cape Province, South Africa).—Hohenacker, 1855 [1852–1862]: no. 243.— Barton, 1893: 203.— Stephenson, 1947: 300.— Seagrief, 1977: 90.— R. Anderson & Stegenga, 1989: 302.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.