Biology:Ptilonia willana

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Short description: Species of alga

Ptilonia willana
Ptilonia willana Lindauer (AM AK295881).jpg
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Bonnemaisoniales
Family: Bonnemaisoniaceae
Genus: Ptilonia
Species:
P. willana
Binomial name
Ptilonia willana

Ptilonia willana is a marine red algal species endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] For a detailed description, see Bonin and Hawkes (1988).[3]

Etymology

The species epithet, willana, honours Eileen Alice Willa who collected the type species at Port Pegasus in 1945.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lindauer, V.W. (1947). "Algae Nova-Zelandicae Exsiccatae". pp. 126–150. https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/434940#open-iiifViewer. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 M.D. Guiry (2020). "Ptilonia willana Lindauer 1947". in Guiry, M.D.. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=12007. Retrieved 20 July 2020. 
  3. Bonin, Denise R.; Hawkes, Michael W. (1988). "Systematics and life histories of New Zealand Bonnemaisoniaceae (Bonnemaisoniales, Rhodophyta): III. The genusPtilonia". New Zealand Journal of Botany 26 (4): 633–644. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1988.10410665. ISSN 0028-825X. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0028825X.1988.10410665. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q39589409 entry