Callophyllis harveyana J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Callophyllis harveyana J.Agardh 1876: 230
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callophyllis is Callophyllis variegata (Bory) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Austrophyllis harveyana (J.Agardh) Womersley & R.E.Norris.
Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. & Norris, R.E. (1971). The morphology and taxonomy of Australian Kallymeniaceae (Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany (Suppl. 2): 1-62, 108 figs..
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Ad Novam Hollandiam australem et Tasmaniam (D:na Meredith!)" [New Holland and Tasmania, leg. Meredith]; (Agardh 1876: 230) Notes: Womersley & Norris (1971: 31) give the following data: Type locality: Western Port, Victoria (Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 403H; Holotype: Herb. Agardh, LD, 25002. Womersley (1994: 252) gives the following data: Type from Orford, Tasmania (Meredith); holotype in Herb. Agardh, LD, 34170. In Index Nominum Algarum, the type locality of Meristotheca tasmanica J. Agardh 1873: 583 is cited as "Ad Orford Tasmaniae (D. na Meredith). M. tasmanica is cited as a synonym of Austrophyllis harveyana by Womersley (1994: 252) but as a synonym of Faucheopis tasmanica by INA.
Eponomy
Named for William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), Irish Botanist, collector and traveller.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 12 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 24 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 December 2024
