Chondrus chondrophyllus (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville 1830

Current name: Xiphophora chondrophylla (R.Brown ex Turner) Montagne ex Harvey
Xiphophora chondrophylla, Fortesque Bay, Tasmania - 03 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Chondrus chondrophyllus (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville 1830: lv

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chondrus is Chondrus crispus Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Xiphophora chondrophylla (R.Brown ex Turner) Montagne ex Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
Harvey, W.H. (1855). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross.... II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 211-266. London: Reeve.

Basionym
Fucus chondrophyllus R.Brown ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: "At Port Dalrymple, on the coast of NewHolland. Mr. Brown" [Tasmania]; (Turner 1811-1819: pl. 222) Holotype: BM; (Womersley 1987: 345)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025