Halophila baillonis Ascherson 1874
Publication Details
Halophila baillonis Ascherson 1874: 317 (as 'Baillonis')
Published in: Dickie, G. (1874). On the marine algae of St. Thomas and the Bermudas, and on Halophila Baillonis, Asch. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 14: 311-317.
Request PDFPublication date: 1874
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Halophila is Halophila madagascarensis Steudel ex Doty & B.C.Stone.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Martinique, leg. Hahn"; (Dickie 1874: 317)
Eponomy
Named for Henri Ernest Baillon (1827-1895), French botanist and physician.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), for Louis Antoine François Baillon (1778-1851) French naturalist and collector; "baillon" is treated as a third-declension noun, the genitive of which is "baillonis".
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 April 2023
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Nomenclatural note
The epithet "baillonis" is not correctable because classical authors treated names ending in "-o" or "-on" or "-son" as being third declension nouns; see Recommendation 60C.2 of the ICN. There is also a Cuphea baillonis Koehne and a Parsonsia baillonis Standl. There are also several red algae published by J. Agardh for a Mr Wilson and he used "wilsonis" for species of Epymenia, Blastophye, Horea. Hemineura, Sarcomenia and Spyridia. There is a Brachypodium wilsonis Sennen. - (03 June 2014) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
