Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Amphiroa fragilissima f. cuspidata
Corallinaceae
Amphiroa fragilissima f. cuspidata (J.Ellis & Sol.) Weber Bosse , legitimate, scientific
Weber-van Bosse, A.A. in Weber-van Bosse, A.A. & Foslie, M.H. (1904), Part II. Corallinae verae of the Malay Archipelago. The Corallinaceae of the Siboga-Expedition: 89 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Corallina cuspidata J.Ellis & Sol. legitimate
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]
nomenclatural synonym: Corallina cuspidata J.Ellis & Sol. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Amphiroa cuspidata (J.Ellis & Sol.) J.V.Lamour. legitimate
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Silva et al 1996:224 keep this taxon separate whereas Cribb 1983 Marine algae of the southern Great Barrier Reef. Part 1. Rhodophyta p. 46 lists the taxon as an hetertypic synonym of A. fragilissima.
  • AMANI dist.: Queensland (Great Barrier Reef).