Epineuron fraxinifolium (Mertens ex Turner) Harvey ex Kützing 1849

Current name: Neurymenia fraxinifolia (Mertens ex Turner) J.Agardh
Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale 5 mmJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Epineuron fraxinifolium (Mertens ex Turner) Harvey ex Kützing 1849: 849

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epineuron is Epineuron colensoi Hooker f. & Harvey.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neurymenia fraxinifolia (Mertens ex Turner) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]

Basionym
Fucus fraxinifolius Mertens ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "East Indies" [eastern India, fide C. Agardh 1822: 194]; (Turner 1809-1811: 140) Holotype: C?; (Agardh 1822: 194) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by C. Agardh (1822: 194).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 October 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025