Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Polysiphonia howei
Rhodomelaceae
Polysiphonia howei Hollenb. ex W.R.Taylor , legitimate, scientific
Taylor, W.R. (1945), Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12: 302; fig 3 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Type, Howe 3478, tetrasporic, collected by M.A. Howe from coral reefs at Whale Cay, Berry Is., Bahamas, Jan. 29, 1905. The type is in the herbarium of the N.Y. Bot. Garden.
  • Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: New York: Howe 3478
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]
  • APC Comment: ABRS(2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • AMANI dist.: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Chagos Arch., Timor, Maldives, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Bahamas, Bermuda, Samoa, Panama, Colombia.