Polyphacum smithiae Hooker f. & Harvey 1847

Publication Details
Polyphacum smithiae Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 17, pl. III [3] (as 'Polyphacum Smithiae')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polyphacum is Polyphacum proliferum (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epiglossum smithiae (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

Type Information
Type locality: "At Circular Head, Tasmania, Mrs. Smith and R. Gunn (v. s. in Herb. T. C. D. com. cl. Hooker!)"; (Harvey 1847: 17) Holotype: Mrs Smith & R. Gunn; TCD; (Harvey 1847: 17)

Eponomy
Named for Mrs Smith, the collector (with R. Gunn).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 August 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 01 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025

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