Cliftonia Harvey, 1859, nom. illeg.
Holotype species: Cliftonia pectinata Harvey
Publication details: Harvey, 1859: pl. 100
Currently accepted name for the type species: Cliftonaea pectinata (Harvey) Harvey
Original publication and holotype designation: Harvey, W.H. (1859). 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. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
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Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cliftonaea.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Nomenclatural note
Changed to Cliftonaea by Harvey (1863: pl. 279) due to the earlier Cliftonia Banks ex Gaertner (Womersley 2003: 325). - (25 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
