Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Gracilaria flagelliformis
Gracilariaceae
Gracilaria flagelliformis (Sond.) Womersley , legitimate, scientific
Womersley, H.B.S. (1996), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: 25 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Polyides flagelliformis Sond. legitimate
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Polyides flagelliformis Sond. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Gigartina flagelliformis (Sond.) Sond. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gracilaria harveyana J.Agardh legitimate
  • Comment: Womersley (1996:27) Indicates that specimens in MEL are probably G. ramulosa which Withell et al. Australian Systematic Botany (1994:347) indicate is a synonym of G. dura but which Silva et al 1996 Univ Calif Public Bot. 79:159 place in G. cliftonii.
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
  • AMANI dist.: Tasmania (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian).
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Gracilaria dura (C.Agardh) J.Agardh legitimate by Womersley, H.B.S. (1996), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: 25