Bibliographic Detail
Woelkerling, W.J., Gustavsen, G., Myklebost, H.E., Prestø, T., Såstad, S.M. , 2005
Reference:
Woelkerling, W.J., Gustavsen, G., Myklebost, H.E., Prestø, T., Såstad, S.M. (2005). The coralline red algal herbarium of Mikael Foslie: revised catalogue with analyses. Gunneria 77: 1-625.
Notes:
Effective publication date: 18.x.2005 (date received from printer, but not recorded in book). (Vol. 77 in the irregularly published series Gunneria)
Abstract:
On a world-scale, the nongeniculate coralline red algal herbarium of Mikael Foslie
arguably constitutes the single most important resource for scientists engaged in
taxonomic studies of these algae. Foslie described more new taxa of nongeniculate
corallines than any other person, and his herbarium is extremely rich in type material.
Type specimens are critical in taxonomic work because they underpin the correct
application of names to taxa and thus bring stability to the use of names in taxonomic,
ecological and other research. The richness of type and other historically significant
specimens in Foslies nongeniculate coralline herbarium renders it an international
scientific treasure. There is no doubt that Foslies material will continue to play
a pivotal role in the development of our taxonomic understanding of one of the more
diverse and ecologically important groups of marine algae.
