Hypnea rangiferina (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Hypnea rangiferina (R.Brown ex Turner) Greville 1830: lix

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 Hypnea is Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophyllis rangiferina (R.Brown ex Turner) Womersley.

Basionym
Fucus rangiferina R.Brown ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: At Kent's Islands, near New Holland. Mr. Brown. [Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 116) Holotype: R. Brown (no. 256) tetrasporangial; 1803-4; BM; (Womersley 1973: 256) Notes: According to Womersley (1994: 258) the type is from Georgetown, Tasmania and the holotype (Gunn 1279) is in TCD. These data seem to apply to Sphaerococcus australis Harvey 1844, the basionym of Callophyllis coccinea (Harvey in Hooker & Harvey) Kützing.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 June 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 27 February 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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