Jeannerettia pedicellata (Harvey) Papenfuss 1942

Current name:
Pollexfenia pedicellata Harvey
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
Jeannerettia pedicellata (Harvey) Papenfuss 1942: 448
Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1942). Notes on algal nomenclature: I. Pollexfenia, Jeannerettia and Mesotrema. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 28: 446-451.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Jeannerettia is Jeannerettia lobata Hooker f. & Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pollexfenia pedicellata Harvey.
Basionym
Pollexfenia pedicellata Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: "George Town, V. D. L., R. Gunn, Esq.. 1272 and 1274" [Georgetown, Tasmania; (Silva & al. 1996: 502) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 2003: 353): R.C.Gunn No. 1272; TCD; Herb. Harvey (Womersley 2003: 353)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), provided with a pedicel, pedicelled (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 May 2010
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 May 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 July 2025