Algae
Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)
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The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
Caulerpaceae
Caulerpa fergusonii G.Murray
, legitimate , scientific
Murray, G. (1891) , On a new species of Caulerpa, with observations on the position of the genus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 3 :
212; pl LIII, figs 1-2
[tax. nov.]
Type locality:
Hab. ad Ceylonam, Ferguson! no. 415.
Huisman, J.M. in Wells, F.E. (ed.) (1997) , Marine benthic algae of the Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia. The Marine Flora and Fauna of the Houtman Abrohlos Islands, Western Australia :
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[secondary reference]
R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011) , Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011 :
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[secondary reference]
AMANI dist.:
Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Indian Ocean, eastern Pacific.
Price, I.R. (2011) , A taxonomic revision of the marine green algal genera Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in northern (tropical and subtropical) Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24 :
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[secondary reference]
misapplication:
Caulerpa cactoides ( Turner) C.Agardh
legitimate
by Sonder, O.W. in Mueller, F. (ed.) (1880) , Algae australianae. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae : 37