Nitophyllum venosum Harvey 1847

Publication Details
Nitophyllum venosum Harvey 1847: 118

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Publication date: "before November 1849"

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polyneura venosa (Harvey) Papenfuss.

Type Information
Type locality: Table Bya, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.; Type: TCD?;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), veiny, full of veins, having many branched veins, or being conspicuously veined.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 March 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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