Nitophyllum hilliae (Greville) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Nitophyllum hilliae (Greville) Greville 1830: xlvii, 80

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

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 bonnemaisonii (C.Agardh) Maggs & Hommersand.

Source of Synonymy
Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1-444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO.

Basionym
Delesseria hilliae Greville

Type Information
Syntype localities: Plymouth: Miss [E.] Hill; Torquay: Mrs [A.W.]Griffiths; (Greville 1828: pl. 351) Type: E; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025