Epiglossum smithiae (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing 1849

Current name: Epiglossum smithiae (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing
King Island, TasmaniaG.J. Eager

Publication Details
Epiglossum smithiae (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing 1849: 878 (as 'smithii')

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

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

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

Basionym
Polyphacum smithiae Hooker f. & Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: "At Circular Head, Tasmania, Mrs. Smith and R. Gunn (v. s. in Herb. T. C. D. com. cl. Hooker!)"; (Harvey 1847: 17) Holotype: Mrs Smith & R. Gunn; TCD; (Harvey 1847: 17)

Eponomy
Named for Mrs Smith, the collector (with R. Gunn).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
A deep-water alga (Womersley 2003: 403).

Created: 13 August 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 21 May 2025