Delesseria fraxinifolia (Mertens ex Turner) C.Agardh 1817

Current name: Neurymenia fraxinifolia (Mertens ex Turner) J.Agardh
Loanpekel, Tanna, Vanuatu; -4m on reef wall - 27 October 2006. Kyatt Dixon (kyattdixon@gmail.com)

Publication Details
Delesseria fraxinifolia (Mertens ex Turner) C.Agardh 1817: xiv

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Delesseria is Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neurymenia fraxinifolia (Mertens ex Turner) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]

Basionym
Fucus fraxinifolius Mertens ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "East Indies" [eastern India, fide C. Agardh 1822: 194]; (Turner 1809-1811: 140) Holotype: C?; (Agardh 1822: 194) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by C. Agardh (1822: 194).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 May 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 July 2025