Rhodophyllis blepharicarpa Harvey 1863

Publication Details
Rhodophyllis blepharicarpa Harvey 1863: xl, pl. CCLIV

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 Rhodophyllis is Rhodophyllis bifida (J.V.Lamouroux) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Craspedocarpus blepharicarpus (Harvey) Min-Thein & Womersley.

Type Information
Type locality: Swan River, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 285) Notes: Womersley (1994: 423) gives the following data for the type: Type from Garden and Rottnest Is, W. Aust.; lectotype in Herb. Harvey, TCD (not yet chosen). Silva et al. (1966: 285) note that Harvey cited "Garden Island and Rottnest" (pl. CCLIV) and "Fremantle" (p. xl), but the holotype sheet reproduced as fig. 63B in Min-Thein & Womersley (1976) is marked "Swan R.".

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 July 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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