Fucus venosus Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 312. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei." RCN: 8349.

Lectotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): Herb. Linn. No. 1274.78 (LINN) .

Current name: Hymenena venosa (L.) C. Krauss ( Delesseriaceae).