Halophila madagascarensis Doty & B.C.Stone

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Subphylum Euphyllophytina
Infraphylum Spermatophytae
Superclass Angiospermae
Class Monocots
Subclass Alismatidae
Order Alismatales
Family Hydrocharitaceae
Genus Halophila

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Publication details
Halophila madagascarensis Doty & B.C.Stone 1967: 414

Published in: Doty, M.S. & Stone, B.C. (1967). Typification for the generic name Halophila Thouars. Taxon 16: 414-418.

Type species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Halophila.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halophila ovalis (R.Brown) J.D.Hooker

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.

Source of current name
Womersley, H.B.S. (1984). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I. pp. 329, 102 figs, 16 plates. Adelaide: Government Printer, South Australia.

Created: 17 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 12 August 2011 by M.D. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 January 2020.