Polysiphonia gunniana Harvey 1844
Current name:
Heterosiphonia gunniana (Harvey) Reinbold
Harvey, W.H. (1847). 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 r
Publication Details
Polysiphonia gunniana Harvey 1844: 437, no fig.
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1844). Algae of Tasmania. London Journal of Botany 3: 428-454.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Heterosiphonia gunniana (Harvey) Reinbold.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "George Town, V. D. L., Ronald Gunn, Esg., n. 1265, 1266." [Georgetown, Tasmania]; (Harvey 1844: 437) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1998: 499): Gunn 1265; TCD; Herb. Harvey (Womersley 1998: 499)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2023
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
