Lenormandia dorsifera (C.Agardh) Montagne 1844
Current name:
Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva
Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r
Publication Details
Lenormandia dorsifera (C.Agardh) Montagne 1844: 161, pl. 11: fig. 2
Published in: Montagne, C. (1844). Quelques observations touchant la structure et la fructification des genres Ctenodus, Delisea et Lenormandia, de la famile des Floridées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Troisième série 1: 151-161, pls 10, 11.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lenormandia is Lenormandia spectabilis Sonder.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophycus dorsiferus (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1957). Remarks on algal nomenclature. Taxon 6: 141-145.
Basionym
Rhodomela dorsifera C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras novae Hollandiae"; (Silva & al. 1996: 328) Holotype: PC, Herb. Agardh, LD (part); 25552 (Womersley 1994: 335) Notes: Part in Herb. Agardh, LD, 25552.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 January 1999 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 16 May 2025
