Phyllona woolhouseae (Harvey) Kuntze 1898

Publication Details
Phyllona woolhouseae (Harvey) Kuntze 1898: 420

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1898). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 3(3) pp. 1-576. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 28 September 1898

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllona is Phyllona umbilicata J.Hill.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porphyra woolhouseae Harvey.

Basionym
Porphyra woolhouseae Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: "Parasitical on the leaves of Macrocystis pyrifera, Tasmania, Miss Woolhouse"; (Harvey 1863: pl. CCLXV) Type: TCD; (Womersley 1994: 37) Notes: Illustrated by Harvey (1863, pl. 265, fig. 1) (Ricker, 1987). Womersley (1994: 37) notes that the type material is located in TCD.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 May 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 August 2008

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 August 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025

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