Griffithsia rhizophora Grunow ex Weber-van Bosse, 1923: 313–314 (syntype localities: Sri Lanka; various in Indonesia, including Sikka, Flores).—De Toni, 1924: 464–465.— Thivy & Iyengar, 1963: 33–37, figs. 1–24.— S. Dixit, 1968: 22.— Gopalakrishnan, 1970: 66.— V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 23.— Gopalakrishnan, 1971: table I.— Isaac, 1971: 20–21.— Jaasund, 1976: 115, fig. 233.— Hackett, 1977: 17.— Jaasund, 1977b: 407.— Lawson, 1980: 49.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [35].— Payri, 1985: 640.— Ballesteros, 1994: 539–540.
Misapplied name (fide V. Krishnamurthy & H. Joshi, 1970: 23):
Griffithsia flabelliformis.—Børgesen, 1934b: 42–44.— S. Dixit, 1966: 19.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Indonesia (Flores), Kenya, Maldives, Mauritius, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Tanzania.
Note: Umamaheswara Rao (1974e: 64–65) suggested that Griffithsia rhizophora might be conspecific with G. heteromorpha Kützing.