Cliftonia pectinata Harvey, nom. illeg. 1859

Publication Details
Cliftonia pectinata Harvey, nom. illeg. 1859: pl. 100

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Cliftonia.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cliftonaea pectinata (Harvey) Harvey.

Type Information
Type locality: Garden Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 486) Lectotype: Clifton; TCD, Herb. Harvey; (Womersley 2003: 328) Notes: Womersley’s data for Cliftonaea pectinata Harvey 1859a. Womersley (2003: 325) states that Cliftonia Harvey (1859a: pl. 100) was changed to Cliftonaea by Harvey (1863, pl. 279) due to the earlier Cliftonia Banks ex Gaertner.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pectinate, with narrow close-set divisions like a comb (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1999 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 04 May 2024

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