Nitophyllum gmelinii (Lamouroux) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Nitophyllum gmelinii (Lamouroux) Greville 1830: 82 (as 'gmelini')

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cryptonemia palmetta (S.G.Gmelin) Woelkering, G.Furnari, Cormaci & McNeill.

Source of Synonymy
Woelkerling, W.J., Furnari, G., Cormaci, M. & McNeill, J. (2019). Nomenclatural re-assessments of the typification of Cryptonemia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) and the correct name of its type species . Notulae Algarum 113: 1-8, no figs.

Basionym
Delesseria gmelinii J.V.Lamouroux

Eponomy
Named for Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1745-1774), German naturalist and traveller in Russia, nephew of J.G. Gmelin.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 September 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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