Carpophyllum scalare Suhr, 1840: 257–258 (type locality: "Cap'' [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]).—Drège, 1843: 157.— J. Agardh, 1848b: 263.— Areschoug, 1854b: 331.— Hohenacker, 1855 [1852–1862]: no. 218.— De Toni, 1895b: 122.— Delf & Michell, 1921: 99.— Isaac, 1953: 63.— Nizamuddin, 1970: 131.— Seagrief, 1977: 90.— Seagrief, 1988: 37, 46, fig. 5:5.
Oerstedtia scalaris (Suhr) Jensen, 1974: 34–42, figs. 15–20, pls. 5, 6, 13b (including Indian Ocean records).
Taxonomic synonym:
* Contarinia australis Endlicher & Diesing, 1845b: 289 (type locality: Port Natal [Durban], South Africa).—J. Agardh, 1848b: 264–265.— Kützing, 1849: 593.— Kützing, 1860: 10, pl. 26: figs. IId–f.— Barton, 1893: 83.— De Toni, 1895b: 124.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.
Note: The conspecificity of Carpophyllum scalare and Contarinia australis was proposed by Jensen (1974: 34, footnote).