Zostera noltei Hornemann 1832

Current name: Nanozostera noltei (Hornemann) Tomlinson & Posluszny
drift material of covering fruit of Castanea sativa, Ría de Betanzos, Galicia, Spain, 2011 - 24 November 2019. Igancio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Zostera noltei Hornemann 1832: 3, pl. MMXLI [2041] (as 'Noltii')

Published in: Hornemann, J.W. (1832). Flora danica fasciculus trigesmus quintus [fascicle 35]. pls MMXLI-MMLX. . Havniae [Copenhagen]: Typis Expressit Director Janus Hostrup Schultz.

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Type 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 Nanozostera noltei (Hornemann) Tomlinson & Posluszny.

Source of Synonymy
Tomlinson, P.B. & Posluzny, U. (2001). Generic limits in the seagrass family Zosteraceae. Taxon 50: 429-437.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "In mari ad Insul. Röm [Rømø, Denmark], Amrom [Amrum Island, Germany] et Föhr [North Frisian Islands, Germany] et in sinu flenopolitano [Flensburger Föhrde, Germany] invenit Nolte Prof. botanices Kiloniens., vir clarissimus."; (Hornemann 1832: 3)

Eponomy
Named for Ernst Ferdinand Nolte (1791-1875) German botanist and contributor to Flora danica.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 April 2023

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Nomenclatural note
The orthography "Noltii" was employed by Hornemann to honour Ernst Ferdinand Nolte (1791-1875). Under the current International Code of Nomenclature the genitive singular honorific for a name ending in "e" is to add an "i" and not to delete the "e" and to add "ii". So, for example, Paul Silva of Berkeley has corrected the alga Haematococcus noltii as spelled "-ii" by C. Agardh to "noltei" (see http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/search_ina.pl?lookfor=noltei). There is also a Rubus described by H.E.Weber called Rubus noltei , not "noltii" (see http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/b_10_0278065), and a Potamogeton noltei G.Fischer. The zoologists also use this spelling: Bucculatrix noltei is a butterfly named for Nolte. The International Plants Names Index from Kew Gardens uses "noltei" for all three plant species named for persons with the surname Nolte (http://www.ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do), including Zostera. "Nolteus" was not a "well-established latinized form" (see Art. 60.8). - (25 May 2013) - M.D. Guiry

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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 29 March 2025