Drouetia G.De Toni, 1938

Holotype species: Drouetia coalescens (Farlow) G.De Toni

Publication details: G.De Toni, 1938: 27

Original publication and holotype designation: De Toni, G. (1938). A note on phycological nomenclature. Rhodora 40: 27 only.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2012-06-12 by Michael Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Saunders, G.W., Lane, C.E., Schneider, C.W. & Kraft, G.T. (2006). Unraveling the Asteromenia peltata species complex with clarification of the genera Halichrysis and Drouetia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 1581-1607, 83 figs, 3 tables.

Nomenclatural note
Drouetia is a substitute name for Herpophyllon Farlow (1902: 97), which is treated as a homonym (see Art. 53.3) of Herpophyllum, a name applied by J. Agardh (1894b: 62) to a genus of Rhodophyceae of uncertain position (Kylin, 1956: 558-559). - (07 July 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Saunders et al. (2006) presented convincing morphological and tetrasporangial evidence to support the reinstatement of Drouetia as a distinct genus, rather than being a synonym of Halichrysis as proposed by Norris and Millar in Norris (1991). In their synoptic review of red algal genera, Schneider & Wynne (2007) follow Saunders et al. (2006) in treating both genera as current. - (12 June 2012) - M.D. Guiry

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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 June 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025