Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Halimeda cuneata
Halimedaceae
Halimeda cuneata Hering , legitimate, scientific
Krauss, C.F.F. (1846), Pflanzen des Cap- und Natal-Landes, gesammmelt und zusammengestellt von Dr. Ferdinand Krauss (Schluss.). Flora 29: 214 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Natalbai.
  • Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Natural History Museum London: [Accession No. unknown]
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]
misapplication: Halimeda macroloba Decne. 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: 564
Huisman, J.M. (2000), Marine Plants of Australia: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Halimeda obovata Kütz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Halimeda versatilis J.Agardh legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
Huisman, J.M. (2000), Marine Plants of Australia: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Halimeda copiosa Goreau & E.A.Graham legitimate by Krauss, C.F.F. (1846), Pflanzen des Cap- und Natal-Landes, gesammmelt und zusammengestellt von Dr. Ferdinand Krauss (Schluss.). Flora 29: 214
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Millar & Kraft (1994:435) have not found this taxon on LHI in recent collections. Lewis (1987:28) cites H. cuneata sensu Bailey 1913 non Hering is taxonomically Halimeda discoidea.
  • AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian, Lord Howe Island), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: South-eastern Africa, Indian Ocean, Indonesia.