Epiglossum smithiae (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Epiglossum smithiae (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing
Harvey, W.H. (1847). 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
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.
Request PDFPublication 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 23 April 2025
