Peyssonnelia gunniana J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Peyssonnelia gunniana J.Agardh 1876: 387-388
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Peyssonnelia is Peyssonnelia squamaria (S.G.Gmelin) Decaisne ex J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sonderopelta capensis (Montagne) Krayesky.
Source of Synonymy
Krayesky, D.M., Norris, J.N., Gabrielson, P.W., Gabriela, D. & Fredericq, S. (2009). A new order of red algae based on the Peyssonneliaceae, with an evaluation of the ordinal classification of the Florideophyceae (Rhodophyta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(3): 364-391, 7 figures, 2 tables.
Type Information
Type locality: Georgetown, Tasmania; (Womersley & Sinkora 1981: 87) Type: Harvey (327J); Herb. Agardh, LD; 27698 (Womersley & Sinkora 1981: 87) Notes: Syntype localities: eastern Australia; Tasmania (Silva et al 1996: 210).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 March 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 July 2013
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Citing AlgaeBase
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 July 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024
