Gymnogongrus humilis Lindauer 1947

Publication Details
Gymnogongrus humilis Lindauer 1947: no. 145

Published in: Lindauer, V.W. (1947). Algae Nova-Zelandicae Exsiccatae. Fasc. 6. Nos 126-150. : .

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gymnogongrus is Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) C.Martius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ahnfeltiopsis humilis (Lindauer) J.A.Lewis & Womersley.

Type Information
Type locality: Ngaere Bay, Northland, New Zealand; (Lewis & Womersley 1994: 267) Lectotype: Lindauer; 25 February 1940; at low water; AKU at AK; herb. Lindauer Notes: Gymnogongrus humilis Lindauer was distributed in Fascicle 6 in Algae Nova-Zelandicae Exsiccatae in December 1942 then effectively published by distribution of printed labels May 1947. Chapman (1979: 362) published the same description and designated a type (= lectotype) as No. 1774 (= AKU 100252). J.A.Lewis & Womersley in Womersley (1994: 267) have placed G. humbles in Ahnfeltiopsis humbles (Lindauer) J.A.Lewis & Womersley, and specify "lectotype in Herb. Lindauer, CHR" although the Herb. Lindauer is in AKU at AK (Wendy Nelson, e-mail, December 2011). The specimens distributed as Alg. Nova-Zel. Exsicc. No. 145 are effectively isolectotypes.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), low, low-growing (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 December 2013

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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