Peyssonneliaceae
Peyssonnelia rubra (Grev.) J.Agardh , legitimate, scientific
Agardh, J.G. (1851), Species genera et ordines algarum: 502 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Zonaria rubra Grev. legitimate
Harvey, W.H. (1859), Algae. Flora tasmaniae: 314 (in part) [secondary reference]
Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [secondary reference]
Womersley, H.B.S. (1994), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Peyssonnelia capensis Mont. legitimate by Harvey, W.H. (1859), Algae. Flora tasmaniae: 314 (in part)
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: Zonaria rubra Grev. legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Harvey's Travelling set # 316 = P. capensis (see Womersley 1994:157).
  • Comment: Harvey's Exsiccatae #327 from Port Jackson, as P. capensis, = P. rubra (See Womersley (1994) The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia Pt IIIA p. 157).
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Flindersian), Norfolk Island.