Halimedaceae
Halimeda discoidea Decne.
, legitimate, scientific
[Decaisne, J. (1842), Memoire sur les Corallines ou Polypiers calciferes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 18]:
102
[tax. nov.]
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Type locality:
Hab. Kamtschatka. (Herb. Mus. Par.)
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Type specimen:
[Type category unknown]: Herbier Cryptogamie, Paris: [Accession No. unknown]
[Kraft, G.T. (2007), Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae]:
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[secondary reference]
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ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
[ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011]:
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[secondary reference]
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Decaisne does indcate that an Esper name may be the same taxon. Silva et al 1996 Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 79:866 indicates that the type statement is at fault. See also Lipkin & Silva 2002 Nova Hedwigia 75: 68.
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AMANI dist.:
New South Wales (Peronian), Western Australia (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef, Peronian), Norfolk Island. World: Papua, Indian Ocean, SE Asia, Pacific Ocean, Caribbean.