Zostera uninervis Forsskål 1775
Current name:
Halodule uninervis (Forsskål) Ascherson
Palau Islands, West Pacific, 2.5 m deepPalau International Coral Reef Center
Publication Details
Zostera uninervis Forsskål 1775: 157
Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zostera is Zostera marina Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halodule uninervis (Forsskål) Ascherson.
Source of Synonymy
Boissier, [P.-]E. (1882). Flora orientalis: sive enumeratio plantarum in Oriente a Graecia et Aegypto ad Indiae fines hucusque observatarum. Volumen Quintum. Monocotyledonearum Pars Prior. pp. [1]-428. Genevae & Basilae [Geneva & Basle], Lugduni [Lyon]: apud H. Georg, Bibliopolam.
Type Information
Neotype locality: Eritrea: Assab, Red Sea coast; (Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset 2020: 181) Neotype: W.J.J.O. de Wilde and B.E.E. de Wilde-Duyfjes 7287; 16 July 1965; marine; WAG; WAG0086357 and 2-D code WAG.1411282 (Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset 2020: 181) Notes: According Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset (2020: 181), to Hepper & Friis (1994) noted the absence of a type for Zostera uninervis. Its absence in the Forsskål Herbarium in Copenhagen (C) was confirmed by Olof Ryding (pers. comm.). Accordingly they selected a neotype.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 June 2007 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 April 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
