Hypoglossum harveyanum (J.Agardh) Womersley & Shepley 1982

Current name: Hypoglossum harveyanum (J.Agardh) Womersley & Shepley
pl. LIX [55] from Phycologia australica - 16 October 2020. Out of copyright

Publication Details
Hypoglossum harveyanum (J.Agardh) Womersley & Shepley 1982: 330, figs 1 D, 5, 6

Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. & Shepley, E.A. (1982). Southern Australian species of Hypoglossum (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 30: 321-346, 9 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hypoglossum is Hypoglossum woodwardii Kützing.

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

Basionym
Delesseria harveyana J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 458) Lectotype: Charles Moore; LD; herb. alg. Agardh 31545 ( Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 277L) (Womersley 2003: 50) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Womersley & Shepley (1982: 333).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 08 October 2018

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Taxonomic note
According to Womersley (2003: 48), Delesseria serrulata Harvey 1858: pl. 59 [not D. serrulata Harvey 1857: 331 from Japan] is a synonym of Hypoglossum harveyanum (J. Agardh) Womersley & Shepley. - (21 January 2009) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025