Chrysymenia brownii

Chrysymenia brownii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Rhodymeniaceae
Genus: Chrysymenia
Species: Chrysymenia brownii

Name

Chrysymenia brownii (Harvey) De Toni, 1900

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Gloiosaccion brownii Harvey, 1859
    • Lectotype locality: Georgetown, Tasmania. Lectotype (designated by Womersley in 1952): Harvey; Herb Harvey, TCD Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 419. Syntypes: various in Australia, including Fremantle, Western Australia
    • Named for Robert Brown (1773-1858), British collector, botanist and microscopist.
• Homotypic
  • Botryocladia brownii (Harvey) G.Feldmann & Bodard, 1965
• Heterotypic
  • Gloiosaccion hydrophora J.Agardh, 1892

References

• De Toni, G.B. 1900. Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. IV. Florideae. Sectio II. pp. [i–iv], 387–774 + 775–776 [Index]. Patavii [Padova]: Sumptibus auctoris. BHL Reference page. : 545
• Schmidt, W.E., Gurgel, C.F.D. & Fredericq, S. 2016. Taxonomic transfer of the red algal genus Gloiosaccion to Chrysymenia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales), including the description of a new species, Chrysymenia pseudoventricosa, for the Gulf of Mexico. Phytotaxa 243(1): 54–70. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.243.1.2 Reference page. 
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018. Chrysymenia brownii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 22 June 2018.

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