Thamnophora mertensii Greville 1830

Publication Details
Thamnophora mertensii Greville 1830: xlix (as 'Mertensii')

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Thamnophora is Thamnophora corallorhiza (Turner) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Plocamium mertensii (Greville) Harvey.

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad Novam Hollandiam; unde misit D. Fraser." [Western Australia]; (Greville 1830: xlix) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1994: 385: "Type from "Novae Hollandiae" (Fraser); lectotype in Herb. Greville, E."): E; herb. Greville (Womersley 1994: 385)

Origin of Species Name
(Latinised), named for Dr Mertens

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025

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