Bornetia tenuis Baldock & Womersley 1968
Publication details
Bornetia tenuis Baldock & Womersley 1968: 205-208, figs. 13-21, pls. 2, 3
Published in: Baldock, R.N. & Womersley, H.B.S. (1968). The genus Bornetia (Rhodophyta, Ceramiaceae) and its southern Australian representatives, with description of Involucrana gen nov.. Australian Journal of Botany 16: 197-216, 35 figs, 4 plates. [in English]
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bornetia is Bornetia secundiflora (J.Agardh) Thuret.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type information
Type locality: Grange Beach, Adelaide, South Australia (Silva & al. 1996: 383). Holotype (tetrasporangial): Baldock; 23 January 1965; Drift. AD A28632 (Womersley 1998: 319). Notes: Isotypes (tetrasporangial and male plants) in AD, A28632.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Key references
Womersley, H.B.S. (1998). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIC. Ceramiales - Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae. pp. [1]-535, 235 figs, 4 col. figs in 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.
Created: 21 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 19 December 2008 by Wendy Guiry
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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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