Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Hymenocladia divaricata
Hymenocladiaceae
Hymenocladia divaricata Harv. , legitimate, scientific
Harvey, W.H. (1855), Some account of the marine botany of the colony of Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 553 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: King George's Sound (68).
Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
  • Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: trav. set #68
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: The synonymy that is suggested in Womersley (1996:109-110) is disputed by Silva et al (1996) Univ. Calif. Public. Bot. 79:297 vs 366. See entries for Hypnea divaricata.
  • AMANI dist.: South Australia (Flindersian), Western Australia (Flindersian).