Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Gracilaria cliftonii
Gracilariaceae
Gracilaria cliftonii Withell, A.Millar & G.T.Kraft , legitimate, scientific
Withell, A.F., Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T. (1994), Taxonomic studies of the genus Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 7: 285 [nom. nov.]
misapplication: Gracilaria fruticosa Harv. legitimate by Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 551 misapplication: Gracilaria confervoides Grev. nom. inval., nom. nud. by Harvey, W.H. (1863), Phycologia australica: synop. no. 428 misapplication: Gracilaria furcellata J.Agardh nom. illeg. by Agardh, J.G. (1876), Species genera et ordines algarum: 419 misapplication: Gracilaria fruticosa Harv. legitimate by Wilson, J.B. (1889), List of algae from Port Phillip Heads and Wetern Port: 10
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]
taxonomic synonym: Gracilaria ramulosa J.Agardh nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Ceramianthemum furcellatum Kuntze nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Gracilaria furcellata f. ramulosa V.May legitimate misapplication: Gracilaria furcellata J.Agardh nom. illeg. by Agardh, J.G. (1876), Species genera et ordines algarum: 419
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: This name is the accepted basionym for Gracilaria cliftonii but is based on Gracilaria furcellata sensu J.G. Agardh. Tasmanian localities on Bass Strait islands.
  • AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian).