Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Undaria pinnatifida
Alariaceae
Undaria pinnatifida (Harv.) Suringar , legitimate, scientific
Suringar, W.F.R. (1872), Illustration des Algues du Japon. Musee Botanique de Leide 1 (Livr 3): 77 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Alaria pinnatifida Harv. legitimate
Lewis, J.A. in Hewitt, C.L., Campbell, M.L., Thresher, R.E. & Martin, R.B. (ed.) (1999), A review of the occurence of exotic macroalgae in southern Australia, with emphasis on Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Marine Biological Invasion of Port Phillip Bay, Victoria: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Alaria pinnatifida Harv. legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: This is a 'weed' species introduced to the southern hemisphere through shipping (see Womersley 2003 The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia Pt IIID p. 500).
  • AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian). World: New Zealand.