Vanvoorstia

Vanvoorstia bennettiana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Delesseriaceae
Subfamilia: Delesserioideae
Tribus: Claudeeae
Genus: Vanvoorstia

Species: V. bennettiana – V. coccinea – V. incipiens – V. spectabilis

Name

Vanvoorstia Harvey, 1854

• Type species: Vanvoorstia spectabilis Harvey
• named for John Van Voorst, British Publisher of natural history books.

Synonyms

• Implicaria Heydrich, 1902
  • Type species: Implicaria reticulata Heydrich
• Sonderia F.von Müller, 1890, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Sondera Lehmann, 1844, Droseraceae)
  • Type species: Sonderia bennettiana (Harvey) F.von Müller

References

• Harvey, W.H. 1854. Short characters of three new algae from the shores of Ceylon. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 6: 143–145, pls V, VI. BHL Reference page. : 144
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Vanvoorstia. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 3 October 2017.

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