Cladhymenia conferta (R.Brown ex Turner) Harvey 1859
Current name:
Leptophyllis conferta (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh
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
Cladhymenia conferta (R.Brown ex Turner) Harvey 1859: 306
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladhymenia is Cladhymenia oblongifolia Hooker f. & Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Leptophyllis conferta (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
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.
Basionym
Fucus confertus R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, near New Holland. Mr. Brown" [Kent Group, Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 116) Holotype: Robert Brown; BM; (Womersley 1996: 349)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dense (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 14 February 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025
