Delesseria dendroides Harvey, 1855b: 548 (type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia).—Harvey, 1860b: pl. CXXXVII: fig. 1, fig. 3 ("var. lancifolia'').— Harvey, 1863: xxxi.— J. Agardh, 1876: 491 ("var. lancifolia'').— Sonder, 1880: 24.
Membranoptera dendroides (Harvey) Kuntze, 1891: 904.
Hydrolapatha dendroides (Harvey) Kuntze, 1898: 410.
Hypoglossum dendroides (Harvey) J. Agardh, 1898: 186.—De Toni, 1900: 690–691.— Lucas, 1909: 36.— Womersley & Shepley, 1982: 341–343, figs. 2C,D, 9.— Wynne, 1988: 514, 515, figs. 1A, 2C.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 430.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Delesseria dendroides Harvey var. oblongifolia Harvey, 1860b: pl. CXXXVII: fig. 2 (type locality: Fremantle, Western Australia).—J. Agardh, 1876: 491.— Sonder, 1880: 24.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: The epithet lancifolia as applied by Harvey to the nomenclaturally typical variety contravenes Art. 26.1 and is thus invalid. Womersley & Shepley (1982: 342) doubted the distinctness of var. oblongifolia.