New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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The New Zealand species of Gracilaria Greville (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales)

W. A. NELSON

Fisheries Research Division
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
P.O. Box 297, Wellington

Abstract In a taxonomic revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Gracilaria (Rhodo- phyta, Gigartinales) three species are recognised:- G. secundata Harvey, G. sordida sp. nov., and G. truncata Kraft. A further species, at present of uncertain position, is discussed, and excluded names and records are listed. G. secundata, origi- nally described from New South Wales, Australia, occurs in the southern North Island, South, Stew- art, Chatham, and Auckland Islands; G. sordida sp. nov. and G. truncata appear to be endemic to New Zealand and occur throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands, with G. sordida sp. nov. also recorded from the Chatham Islands.

Keywords algae; Gracilariaceae; Gigartinales; Gracilaria; Gracilaria secundata; Gracilaria sordida sp. nov.; Gracilaria truncata, algal taxonomy; new species; New Zealand distributions

Received 5 May 1986; accepted 17 June 1986
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1987, Vol. 25 : 87-98
0028-825X/87/2501-0087$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1987

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