Vanvoorstia bennettiana

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: Vanvoorstia bennettiana

Name

Vanvoorstia bennettiana (Harvey) Papenfuss, 1956

• named for George Bennett
• Presumed as Extinct.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Claudea bennettiana Harvey 1859
    • Type locality: Paramatta river, near east end of Spectacle Island, Port Jackson [Sydney, New South Wales, Australia].
• Type: W.H.Harvey & W. Sheridan Wall; 1855.
• Homotypic
  • Sonderia bennettiana (Harvey) F.von Müller, 1890

References

• Papenfuss, G.F. 1956. On the nomenclature of some Delesseriaceae. Taxon 5: 158–162. DOI: 10.2307/1216649 JSTOR Reference page. : 160
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Vanvoorstia bennettiana. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 3 October 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Bennett's Seaweed

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