Ptilonia willana

Ptilonia willana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: 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. ^ a b Lindauer, V.W. (1947). "Algae Nova-Zelandicae Exsiccatae". pp. 126–150.
  2. ^ a b M.D. Guiry (2020). "Ptilonia willana Lindauer 1947". In Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (eds.). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. 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.
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