Chondria pinnatifida (Hudson) C. Agardh var. elata C. Agardh, 1822 [1822–1823]: 340 (type locality: King Island, Bass Strait, Australia).
Laurencia elata (C. Agardh) J. Hooker & Harvey, 1847: 401.—Harvey, 1849 [1847–1849]: 81, pl. XXXIII (lower).— J. Agardh, 1852 [1851–1863]: 766–767.— Harvey, 1855b: 545.— Harvey, 1863: xxvi.— J. Agardh, 1876: 659.— Sonder, 1880: 30.— Barton, 1893: 174.— De Toni, 1903: 803–804.— Lucas, 1909: 39.— Lucas & Perrin, 1947: 249–250, fig. 110.— Jaasund, 1970a: 62.— Saito & Womersley, 1974: 837, 839, figs. 3E, 18, 19.— Jaasund, 1976: 141, fig. 283, pl. 11.— Lawson, 1980: 53.— Banaimoon, 1986: 131, fig. 24.— Huisman & Walker, 1990: 437.— Ormond & Banaimoon, 1994: 119.
Laurencia pinnatifida (Hudson) Lamouroux var. elata (C. Agardh) Sonder, 1848 [1846–1848]: 177.
Taxonomic synonym:
* Laurencia elata (C. Agardh) J. Hooker & Harvey var. luxurians Harvey, 1863: xxvi (syntype localities: Fremantle and King George Sound, Western Australia).
Laurencia luxurians (Harvey) J. Agardh, 1876: 659–660.—Sonder, 1880: 30.— De Toni, 1903: 804–805.— Lucas, 1909: 39.
Laurencia elata (C. Agardh) J. Hooker & Harvey forma luxurians (Harvey) Yamada, 1931b: 242, pl. 27.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen.
Note: The synonymy was proposed by Saito & Womersley (l.c.).