Hemineura frondosa (Hooker f. & Harvey) Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Hemineura frondosa (Hooker f. & Harvey) Harvey 1849: 116, pl. 45: figs 1-5

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Publication date: "before November 1849"

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Hemineura.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Delesseria frondosa Hooker f. & Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: "Tasmania, Mr. Gunn" [Tasmania (probably Georgetown)]; (Hooker & Harvey 1847: 403) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 2003: 35): BM; (Womersley 2003: 35) Notes: Harvey only mentions a single collection, so one wonders why a lectotype was necessary.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), leafy.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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