Thamnocarpus gunnianus Harvey 1844
Current name:
Carpothamnion gunnianum (Harvey) Kützing
Houtman Abrolhos, Western AustraliaJohn Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Thamnocarpus gunnianus Harvey 1844: pl. DCLXII [662]
Published in: Hooker, W.J. (1844). Icones plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants slected from the aithor's herbarium. Vol. III. New series or Vol. VII of the entire work [Fasc. 7]. pp. [i]-vii, pls DCI-DCC [with text]. London & Paris: Hippolyte Ballière.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Thamnocarpus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Carpothamnion gunnianum (Harvey) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Type Information
Type locality: "Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land" [Tasmania] ; (Hooker 1844: expl. pl. DCLXII [662]) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1998: 269): Ronald Gunn, Esq.; TCD; Herb. Harvey (Womersley 1998: 269)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024