Rhodymenia foliifera Harvey 1863

Publication Details
Rhodymenia foliifera Harvey 1863: xl

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodymenia is Rhodymenia palmetta (Stackhouse) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halopeltis australis (J.Agardh) G.W.Saunders.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: King George Sound, Western Australia; (Womersley 1996: 77) Lectotype: Harvey; TCD; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 381B (Womersley 1996: 77) Notes: Syntype localities: west and south coasts of Australia, Tasmania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 369). Chapman (1979:415) cites "Georgetown, Tasmania" as the type locality.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), leaf-bearing.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 March 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 March 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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