Dictyomenia harveyana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceramiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Ceramiales

Familia: Rhodomelaceae
Tribus: Pterosiphonieae
Genus: Dictyomenia
Species: Dictyomenia harveyana

Name

Dictyomenia harveyana Sonder, 1853 (as 'Dictymenia')

• Lectotype locality: Lefevre Peninsula, South Australia.
• Lectotype: Mueller; July 1952; MEL, Herb. Sonder 653127 (lower of 2 sheets) (Womersley 2003: 351). Isolectotypes: MEL, 653124-653130. Syntypes: VDL, MEL, 653123.

• Named for William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), Irish botanist and phycologist.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dictyomenia harveyana var. flabelligera Harvey, 1863
  • Dictyomenia spinulosa Kützing, 1864
  • Dictyomenia interstincta J.Agardh 1885

References

• Sonder, O.W. 1853. Plantae Muellerianae. Algae. Linnaea 25: 657–709. BHL Reference page. : 698–699
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Dictyomenia harveyana. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 7 November 2017.