Rhabdonia verticillata Harvey 1863
Current name: Rhabdonia verticillata Harvey
Publication Details
Rhabdonia verticillata Harvey 1863: pl. CCXCIX [299]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhabdonia is Rhabdonia coccinea (Harvey) Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "South Australia, Dr. Curdie! Port Philip, plentifully, W. H. H., Dr. Mueller! Western Port, Dr. Mueller! Georgetown, Tasmania, W.H.H."; (Harvey 1863: pl. CCXCIX) Lectotype (Gerorgetown, Tasmania, designated by Min-Thein & Womersley 1976: 45).: TCD; Herb. Harvey (Womersley 1994: 349)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), verticillate, whorled (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
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 18 April 2024
