Rhodophyllis fimbriata A.D.Cotton 1908

Publication Details
Rhodophyllis fimbriata A.D.Cotton 1908: 99

Published in: Cotton, A.D. (1908). The New Zealand species of Rhodophyllis. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew Botanic Gardens 3: 97-102.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Rhodophyllis is Rhodophyllis bifida (J.V.Lamouroux) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Craspedocarpus ramentaceus (C.Agardh) Min-Thein & Womersley.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1994). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIA - Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). pp. [1]-508, 167 figs, 4 pls, 4 maps. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

Basionym
Rhodymenia fimbriata Hooker f. & Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: George Town; (INA 1996) Type: Mr Gunn (1328); (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fringed.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2014

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Nomenclatural note
As Rhodymenia fimbriata J.D.Hooker & Harvey, 1847, is illegitimate (priority for Rhodymenia fimbriata Greville, 1830), Rhodophyllis fimbriata A.D.Cotton can be treated as a new name with the same type. - (17 January 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025

 
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