Althenia marina (E.L.Robertson) Yu Ito 2016
Publication Details
Althenia marina (E.L.Robertson) Yu Ito 2016: 267
Published in: Ito, Y., Tanaka, N., García-Murillo, P. & Muasya, A.M. (2016). A new delimitation of the Afro-Eurasian plant genus Althenia to include its Australasian relative, Lepilaena (Potamogetonaceae). Evidence from DNA and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 261-270, 4 figs.
Publication date: "Available online 16 February 2016"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Althenia is Althenia filiformis Petit.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Lepilaena marina E.L.Robertson
Type Information
Type locality: Port Clinton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia; (Robertson 1984: 83) Holotype: Robertson; 18 November 1981; mid eulittoral; growing with Zostera mucronata and Ruppia tuberosa; ADU; A52656 (Robertson 1984: 83) Notes: Isotypes in AD, MEL, PERTH.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), growing in the sea (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 2020 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 November 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 November 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
