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An older name for Lomentaria baileyana (Harvey) Farlow (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta)

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The red alga Chrysymenia divaricata Durant, described from New York Harbor, is shown to belong to Lomentaria. The binomial Lomentaria divaricata (Durant) M.J. Wynne comb. nov. is proposed. This name includes the taxonomic synonyms L. baileyana (Harvey) Farlow and Chondrothamnion divaricatum Bailey ex Kützing.

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Acknowledgments

I am grateful for the reviews provided by Dr. Kenneth Karol of the New York Botanical Garden, and Dr. Craig Schneider, Trinity College, Hartford, CT. I thank both Ken Karol and Lucy Klebieko for kindly sending me the “Virtual Herbarium Loan” of images of specimens of Chrysymenia divaricata in NY. I also thank Dr. Willem Prud’homme van Reine and Nicolien Sol of Leiden for sending me a JPG file of the scanned holotype of Chondrothamnion divaricatum.

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Wynne, M.J. An older name for Lomentaria baileyana (Harvey) Farlow (Rhodymeniales, Rhodophyta). Brittonia 65, 113–117 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12228-012-9267-8

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