Nemastoma feredayae Harvey 1859

Publication Details
Nemastoma feredayae Harvey 1859: 327, pl. CXCV:A [195:A]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nemastoma is Nemastoma dichotomum J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tsengia feredayae (Harvey) Womersley & Kraft.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. & Kraft, G.T. (1994). Family Nemastomataceae Schmitz 1892:2, nom. cons. In: The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part IIIA. Bangiophyceae and Florideophyceae (Acrochaetiales, Nemaliales, Gelidiales, Hildenbrandiales and Gigartinales sensu lato). (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 270-285. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study.

Type Information
Type locality: "Georgetown, Mrs. Fereday, W. H. H., etc."; (Harvey 1859: 328) Lectotype (designated by Womersley & Kraft 1994: 276): Mrs Fereday; TCD; Herb. Harvey (Womersley & Kraft 1994: 276)

Eponomy
Named for Mrs. Fereday collector; wife of Rev. John Fereday (1813-1871) of Georgetown, Tasmania.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 January 2025

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