Haliseris macrocarpa Areschoug, 1847a: 3, pl. V (type locality: Port Natal [Durban], South Africa).—J. Agardh, 1848b: 117.— Kützing, 1849: 562.— Areschoug, 1851: 27.— Kützing, 1859: 23–24, pl. 58.— De Toni & Levi, 1888: 138.— Barton, 1893: 110.— De Toni, 1895b: 255–256.
Neurocarpus macrocarpus (Areschoug) Kuntze, 1891: 907.
Dictyopteris macrocarpa (Areschoug) O. Schmidt, 1938: 219.—Jackson, 1976: 32.— Simons, 1977: 34, fig. 88.— Brown & Jarman, 1978: 1256.— Joubert & Hanekom, 1980: appendix 3.— Seagrief, 1980: 23, fig. on pl. 4.— Bolton & Stegenga, 1987: 170.— Seagrief, 1988: 44, fig. 5:4.— Stegenga, 1988: 382.— Branch et al., 1994: 314, pl. 149.9.
Misapplied name (fide Papenfuss notes):
Haliseris serrata.—Delf & Michell, 1921: 100.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Mozambique, South Africa.