Tubularia fragilis (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 1(2): 1302. 1767.

"Habitat in O. Americano."

Basionym: Eschara fragilis. (1758).

Lectotype (Huisman & Townsend in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 113: 100, f. 1. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 1297.1, upper specimen (LINN) .

Current name: Tricleocarpa fragilis (L.) Huisman & R.A. Towns. ( Galaxauraceae).