Vidalia melvillii (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz 1895

Current name: Vidalia melvillii (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz
KwaZulu-NatalFrederik Leliaert (Frederik.Leliaert@ugent.be)

Publication Details
Vidalia melvillii (J.Agardh) F.Schmitz 1895: 159 (as 'melvilli')

Published in: Schmitz, F. (1895). Marine Florideen von Deutsch-Ostafrica. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 137-177.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Vidalia is Vidalia spiralis (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux ex J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Amansia melvillii J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Mauritius; (Silva & al. 1996: 532)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 October 2018

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Taxonomic note
Huisman (2018: 580) notes "Falkenberg (1901: 430%u2013431) placed V. melvillii in synonymy with V. fimbriata (J.V.Lamour.) J.Agardh (type locality: Northern Australia). However, Norris (op. cit. 23) regarded them as distinct and listed the features he felt separated the two (both as Osmundaria). These included broader axes (to 5 mm in V. melvillii, 1%u20132 mm in V. fimbriata) and the reproductive structures restricted to the margins in V. fimbriata. The N.W.A. specimens fall within Norris%u2019 concept of V. melvillii." - (10 October 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025