Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Microdictyon montagnei
Anadyomenaceae
Microdictyon montagnei Harv. ex J.E.Gray , legitimate, scientific
Gray, J.E. (1866), On Anadyomene and Microdictyon, with the description of three new allied genera, discovered by Menzies in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 4: 69 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Hab. Friendly Islands, Harvey, Herb. Brit. Mus.
  • Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Natural History Museum London: Alg. Aust. Exsicc. #89
Egerod, L.E. (1952), An analysis of the siphonous Chlorophycophyta. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 332 [basionym]
basionym of: Boodlea montagnei (Harv. ex J.E.Gray) Egerod legitimate
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]
Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Boodlea montagnei (Harv. ex J.E.Gray) Egerod legitimate
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Millar 1999 Hydrobiologia 398/399: 66 appears to indicate that this taxon is not a Boodlea but should be retained in Microdictyon whereas Kraft 2000 Aust Syst Bot 13:572 states that this name is a synonym of Boodlea montagnei.
Entwisle, T.J. & Nairn, L. (2011), Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia. Edn. Version 1.0: - [secondary reference]