Nitophyllum gunnianum Hooker f. & Harvey 1847
Current name:
Myriogramme gunniana (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kylin
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 r
Publication Details
Nitophyllum gunnianum Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 403, no fig.
Published in: Hooker, J.D. & Harvey, W.H. (1847). Algae tasmanicae: being a catalogue of the species of algae collected on the shores of Tasmania by Ronald Gunn, Esq., Dr. Heannerett, Mrs. Smith, Dr. Lyall and Dr. J.D. Hooker; with characters of the new species. London Journal of Botany 6: 397-417.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Myriogramme gunniana (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kylin.
Type Information
Type locality: "Tasmania"; (Hooker & Harvey 1847: 404) Holotype: R.C. Gunn; TCD; (Womersley 2003: 108) Notes: According to Womersley (2003: 108) the holotype is labelled "original specimen from herb. Hooker" and is from Georgetown, Tasmania.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 June 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 May 2024
