Nitophyllum erosum Harvey 1859
Current name:
Neoharaldiophyllum erosum (Harvey) J.C.Kang & M.S.Kim
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Nitophyllum erosum Harvey 1859: pl. XCIV
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neoharaldiophyllum erosum (Harvey) J.C.Kang & M.S.Kim.
Source of Synonymy
Kang, J. C., Yang, M.Y. & Kim, M.S. (2017). Neoharaldiophyllum a new genus of Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta) based on carposporophyte development and molecular data. Botanica Marina 60(5): 515-532.
Type Information
Type locality: Garden Island, W. Australia; (Millar & Huisman 1996: 64) Lectotype: Clifton; Herb. Harvey, TCD; (bearing Harvey's name) (Womersley 2003: 126)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 November 2017
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 January 2025