Osmundaria colensoi (Hooker f. & Harvey) R.E.Norris 1991
Current name:
Vidalia colensoi (Hooker f. & Harvey) J.Agardh
Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r
Publication Details
Osmundaria colensoi (Hooker f. & Harvey) R.E.Norris 1991: 20
Published in: Norris, R.E. (1991). The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 106: 1-40, 60 figs.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Osmundaria is Osmundaria prolifera J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vidalia colensoi (Hooker f. & Harvey) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
Basionym
Epineuron colensoi Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: New Zealand: Bay of Islands; (Hooker & Harvey 1845: 532) Type: TCD?;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 January 2025
