Gloiosaccion brownii Harvey 1859
Current name:
Chrysymenia brownii (Harvey) De Toni
Augusta, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Gloiosaccion brownii Harvey 1859: pl. LXXXIII [83] (as 'Var. alpha membranaceum')
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..
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Gloiosaccion.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chrysymenia brownii (Harvey) De Toni.
Source of Synonymy
Schmidt, W.E., Gurgel, C.F.D. & Fredericq, S. (2016). Taxonomic transfer of the red algal genus Gloiosaccion to Chrysymenia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales), including the description of a new species, Chrysymenia pseudoventricosa, for the Gulf of Mexico. Phytotaxa 243(1): 54-70.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Australia, R. Brown. Fremantle, Western Australia, W. H. H., George Clifton. Port Phillip, W. H. H. In the Tamar, Tasmania, Rev. I. Fereday, W. H. H., etc."; (Womersley 1996: 54) Lectotype (Tamar, Tasmania; designated by Womersley 1996: 54): W.H. Harvey; TCD; Herb Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 419 (Womersley 1996: 54)
Eponomy
Named for Robert Brown (1773-1858), British collector, botanist and microscopist.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024
