Monosporus australis (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876
Current name:
Mazoyerella australis (Harvey) Huisman & Womersley
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Monosporus australis (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 610 ('Monospora')
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Monosporus is Monosporus pedicellatus (Smith) Solier.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mazoyerella australis (Harvey) Huisman & Womersley.
Basionym
Corynospora australis Harvey
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 418) Lectotype: Harvey; Herb. Harvey, TCD; Trav. Set 344 Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Baldock (1976: 561).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 December 2008
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 December 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024