Max Hoyt Hommersand

Max Hoyt Hommersand (1930–2022), phycologist.

IPNI standard form: Hommers.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 90 taxon names authored by Max Hoyt Hommersand

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1960s

• Hommersand, M.H. 1963. The morphology and classification of some Ceramiaceae and Rhodomelaceae. University of California Publications in Botany 35: vii +165–366, 52 figs, 6 pls. Reference page. 

1980s

• Lee, I.K., West, J.A. & Hommersand, M.H. 1988. Binghamiopsis caespitosa gen. et sp. nov. (Lomentariaceae, Rhodophyceae) from the eastern Pacific. Korean Journal of Phycology 3: 1–13, 48 figs. Reference page. 
• Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. 1989. Proposal of the Gracilariales ord. nov. (Rhodophyta) based on an analysis of the reproductive development of Gracilaria verrucosa. Journal of Phycology 25: 213–227, 57 figs. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1989.tb00116.x Reference page. 
• Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. 1989. Comparative morphology and taxonomic status of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 25: 228–241, 49 figs. Reference page. 

1990s

• Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. 1993. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. [i]-xv, 1–444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO. Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H., Guiry, M.D., Fredericq, S. & Leister, G.L. 1993. New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 14: 105–120, 41 figs. Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H., Fredericq, S. & Freshwater, D.W. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on sequence analysis of rbcL. Botanica Marina 37: 193–203, 2 figs, 3 tables. Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H. & Fredericq, S. 1997. Characterization of Myriogramme livida, Myriogrammeae trib. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 33: 106–121. Reference page. 
• Santelices, B. & Hommersand, M. 1997. Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 36(2): 114–119. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-36-2-114.1 . Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H., Wilson, S.M. & Kraft, G.T. 1998. Morphology and systematics of Rhodocallis elegans, Rhodocallideae, trib. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from southeastern Australia. Journal of Phycology 34: 865–879, 36 figs. Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H., Fredericq, S., Freshwater, D.W. & Hughey, J. 1999. Recent developments in the systematics of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis and morphological evidence. Phycological Research 47: 139–152. DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1835.1999.00168.x Reference page. 
• Kraft, G.T., Liao, L.M., Millar, A.J.K., Coppejans, E.G.G., Hommersand, M.H. & Wilson Freshwater, D. 1999. Marine benthic red algae (Rhodophyta) from Bulusan, Sorsogon Province, Southern Luzon, Philippines. The Philippine Scientist 36: 1–50. Reference page. 

2000s

• Hughey, J.R., Silva, P.C. & Hommersand, M.H. 2001. Solving taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in Pacific Gigartinaceae (Rhodophyta) using DNA from type material. Journal of Phycology 37: 1091–1109. DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2001.01048.x Reference page. 
• Gurgel, C.F.D., Liao, L.M., Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. 2003. Systematics of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analyses and morphological evidence. Journal of Phycology 39: 154–171. Reference page. 
• Lin, S.-M., Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. 2004. Augophyllum, a new genus of the Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis and cystocarp development. Journal of Phycology 40: 962–976, 7 figs, 1 table. Reference page. 
• Lin, S.-M., Hommersand, M.H. & Fredericq, S. 2004. Two new species of Martensia (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Kenting National Park, southern Taiwan. Phycologia 43: 13–25.
• Saunders, G. W. & Hommersand, M.H. 2004. Assessing red algal supraordinal diversity and taxonomy in the context of contemporary systematic data. American Journal of Botany 91(10): 1494–1507. (online) PDF DOI: 10.3732/ajb.91.10.1494 Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H., De Clerck, O. & Coppejans, E. 2004. A morphological study and taxonomic revision of Euptilota (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from South Africa. European Journal of Phycology 39: 369–394. Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H., Freshwater, D.W., Lopez-Bautista, J.M. & Fredericq, S. 2006. Proposal of the Euptiloteae Hommersand et Fredericq, trib. nov. and transfer of some southern hemisphere Ptiloteae to the Callithamnieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 42: 203–225.DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00175.x Reference page. 
• Lin, S.-M., Hommersand, M.H. & Nelson, W.A. 2007. An assessment of Haraldiophyllum (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), including H. crispatum (J.D. Hooker et Harvey) comb. nov. from New Zealand based on rbcL and LSU sequence analysis and morphological evidence. European Journal of Phycology 42(4): 391–408.
• Hughey, J.R. & Hommersand, M.H. 2008. Morphological and molecular systematic study of Chondracanthus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from Pacific North America. Phycologia 47: 124–155.
• Cho, T.O., Hommersand, M.H., Won, B.Y. & Fredericq, S. 2008. Generic boundaries and phylogeny of Campylaephora (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta), including Campylaephora californica (Farlow) comb. nov. Phycologia 47: 321–333. Reference page. 
• Cho, T.O., Boo, S.M., Hommersand, M.H., Maggs, C.A., McIvor, L. & Fredericq, S. 2008. Gayliella gen. nov. in the tribe Ceramieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Journal of Phycology 44(3): 721–738, 11 figs. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00505.x Reference page. 
• Hommersand, M.H., Moe, R.L., Amsler, C.D. & Fredericq, S. 2009. Notes on the systematics and biogeographical relationships of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Rhodophyta with descriptions of four new genera and five new species. Botanica marina 52: 509–534. DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2009.081 Reference page. 
• Lin, S.-M., Hommersand, M.H., Fredericq, S. & de Clerck, O. 2009. Characterization of Martensia (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) based on a morphological and molecular study of the type species, M. elegans, and M. natalensis sp. nov. from South Africa. Journal of Phycology 45(3): 678–691, 8 figs.

2010s

• Hommersand, M.H., Leister, G.L., Ramirez, M.E, Gabrielson, P.W. & Nelson, W.A. 2010. A morphological and phylogenetic study of Glaphyrosiphon gen. nov (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) based on Grateloupia intestinalis with descriptions of two new species: Glaphyrosiphon lindaueri from New Zealand and Glaphyrosiphon chilensis from Chile. Phycologia 49(6): 554–573. DOI: 10.2216/09-106.1 Reference page. 
• Nelson, W.A., Leister, G.L. & Hommersand, M.H. 2011. Psilophycus alveatus gen. et comb. nov., a basal taxon in the Gigartinaceae (Rhodophyta) from New Zealand. Phycologia, 50(3): 219–231. DOI: 10.2216/10.38.1 [corrigendum in Phycologia, 51(1): 118. (2012) DOI: 10.2216/0031-8884-51.1.118]
• Rodriguez-Prieto, C., Lin, S.-M., Nelson, W.A. & Hommersand, M.H. 2011. Developmental morphology of Sarcodia montagneana and S. grandifolia from New Zealand and a phylogeny of Sarcodia (Sarcodiaceae, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis. European Journal of Phycology 46(2): 153–170. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2011.580198 Reference page. 
• Lin, S.-M., Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. 2012. Molecular phylogeny and developmental studies of Apoglossum and Paraglossum (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) with a description of Apoglosseae trib. nov. European Journal of Phycology 47(4): 366–383. Reference page. 
• Lin, S.-M., Nelson, W.A. & Hommersand, M.H. 2012. Hymenenopsis heterophylla gen. et sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from New Zealand, based on a red alga previously known as Hymenena palmata f. marginata sensu Kylin, with emphasis on its cystocarp development. Phycologia, 51(1): 62–73. DOI: 10.2216/11-38.1 . Reference page. 
• Rodriguez-Prieto, C., Sartoni, G., Lin, S.-M. & Hommersand, M.H. 2013. Comparative morphology and systematics of Chondrymenia lobata from the Mediterranean Sea and a phylogeny of the Chondrymeniaceae fam. nov. (Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analyses. European Journal of Phycology 48(2): 188–199. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2013.789931
• Díaz-Tapia, P., Boo, S.M., Geraldino, P.J.L., Maneiro, I., Bárbara, I. & Hommersand, M.H. 2013. Morphology and systematics of Calliblepharis hypneoides, sp. nov. (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula. European Journal of Phycology 48(4): 380–397, 55 fig., 2 tables. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2013.844860 Reference page. 
• Rodriguez-Prieto, C., Freshwater, D.W. & Hommersand, M.H. 2014. Morphology and phylogenetic systematics of Ptilocladiopsis horrida and proposal of the Ptilocladiopsidaceae fam. nov. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 53(4): 383–395. DOI: 10.2216/14-006.1
• Lin, S.-M. & Hommersand, M.H. 2016. Developmental morphology and phylogeny of Paraglossum amsleri sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), a species from Antarctica previously known as Delesseria lancifolia. Phycologia 55(1): 21–32. Reference page. 

Eponyms

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• Centroceras hommersandii Won, T.O.Cho & Fredericq, 2010
• Dichotomaria hommersandii S.-L.Liu & Showe M.Lin, 2013
• Gracilariopsis hommersandii Gurgel, Fredericq & J.N.Norris, 2003
• Hommersandia G.I.Hansen & S.C.Lindstrom, 1984
• Hommersandiella Alongi, Cormaci & G.Furnari, 2007
• Hommersandiophycus Showe M.Lin & Huisman, 2014
• Izziella hommersandii Showe M.Lin, S.-Y.Yang & Huisman, 2011
• Nitophyllum hommersandii Showe-M.Lin & Fredericq, 2003