Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Bryopsis foliosa
Bryopsidaceae
Bryopsis foliosa Sond. , legitimate, scientific
Sonder, O.W. (1845), Nova Algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Preiss, Ph.Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3: 49 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: No type statement is found in Sonder (1845).
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Melbourne: 26486
Womersley, H.B.S. (1984), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part I: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Bryopsis gracilis Sond. legitimate misapplication: Bryopsis gemellipara J.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, J.G. (1887), Till algernes systematik. VIII. Siphoneae. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift. Afdelningen för Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 23: 25-26
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Sonder 1846 Pl. Preiss. p. 152 states "Ad litus Novae Hollandiae occidentale. Herb. preiss. No. 2488." The Norfolk Is record is questioned by Millar 1998 Aust. Syst. Bot.. Tasmanian record from Sanderson 1988 Dept Fish Report 33 is questioned.
  • AMANI dist.: Tasmania (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian), Norfolk Island.