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

"Habitat in Oceano, extra Cap. b. spei, lapidibus profundissimis innatus, inde saepe evulsus natat, et ad littora rejicitur. Koenig. 43." RCN: 3338.

Neotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): South Africa. Cap Agulhas, " Lessonia nigrescens Bory ", R.F. Hohenacker No. 162 (BM-000774387).

Current name: Ecklonia maxima (Osbeck) Papenf. ( Alariaceae).