Delesseria oppositifolium Harvey 1855
Publication Details
Delesseria oppositifolium Harvey 1855: 239
Published in: Hooker, J.D. (1855). 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, Kt., R.N., F.R.S. & L.S., etc. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part 2. Flowerless plants. Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. pp. 161-378, pls 111-130. London: Lovell Reeve, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Delesseria is Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Apoglossum oppositifolium (Harvey) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1898). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Voluminis Tertii, Pars Tertia. De dispositione Delesseriearum curae posteriores. pp. i-vii, 1-239. Lundae [Lund]: apud C.W.K. Gleerup.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with opposite leaves.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 August 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025
