From Jacob Agardh to Ferdinand von Mueller   4 Aug 1883

Algae from Prof. Wilson arrived at Lund 9 Jul. 1883.1

(of those marked * more specimens are desired)

1. Chondriopsis Harveyana?

2. Chondriopsis Harveyana.

3. Polysiphonia cancellata.

4. Dilophus tener2 J. Ag. nov. sp.3

5. Dictyota pinnatifida Kütz. var.?

6 Horea polycarpa

7. Rhodymenia corallina Harv.?

8 Champia Tasmanica (major)

9. Dasya ceramioides (capsulis)

10 Nitophyllum endiviaefolium

11. Hemineura frondosa Harv.

12 Chrysymenia obovata Sond.

13. Griffithsia teges Harv.?

14 Gloiosaccion Brownii (young)

15 Gloiosaccion Brownii.

16. vacat.

[empty]

17. Dasya villosa Harv.

18 Dasya villosa macroura

19. vacat.

[empty]

20 Cladophora Feredayae4

21. Polycoelia laciniata var.*

22. Laurencia delesserioides5

23. Rhodoglossum polycarpum (sphaerosporis)

24 Horea Wilsoni sp. nov.

25 Gigartina (near to 86 & 87.)

26 Hymenocladia polymorpha.

27. appears to be a [small] specimen of a plant (Chrysymenia Meredithiana) from Tasmania*

28 new to me, perhaps new Genus.*

29. vacat.

[empty]

30 Horea polycarpa.

31. Griffithsia Sonderiana (favellis)

32. Merrifieldia ramentacea (new Genus) = Hypnea ramentacea J. Ag. Epicr.6

33 Polysiphonia versicolor

34 Dilophus foliosus J. Ag. = No 107 in a former collect.

35. Cliftonaea pectinata fructu!

[fruited!]

36 Delesseria revoluta major = 106 in a form. collect.

37. Gloiophloea Scinaioides.

38 Callithamnion Wollastonianum

39. Bindera Splachnoides Harv. (? not convenient with fruit)

40 Caulerpa curvifolia nov. sp.7

41. Hemineura frondosa

42. Wrangelia crassa? an potius Griffithsia sp.*

[or possibly a species of Griffithsia.]

43. Wrangelia clavifera new sp.*8

44 Halyseris Achrostichoides9 J. Ag.

45. Sargassum biforme Sond.

46. Caulerpa uvifera

47. Rytiphlaea umbellata J. Ag.

48(?) Laurencia Grevilleana.

49. Scinaia furcellata australis10

50 Cladostephus verticillatus

51 Callithamn. comosum Harv.

52. Enteromorpha sp.*

53. Coeloclonium Opuntioides

54. Mychodea carnosa

55 Dasya Naccarioides (Stichid.)

56 Champia Tasmanica.

57. Ecklonia radiata juven.

[juvenile]

58. Areschougia Stuartii Harv. forma major

[larger form]

59 Callithamnion gracilentum.

60 Chondriops. Harveyana?

61. Dasya Gunniana (minor)

[(smaller))

62. Callophyllis carnea J. Ag. fimbriata

[fringed]

63. Polysiphonia sp. forsan ad P. rufo-lanosam accedens.

[perhaps approaching P. rufo-lanosa]

64. Perithalia inermis J. Ag. (= Fucus inermis Turn.) forma juvenilis

[juvenile form]

65 Corynecladia umbellata

66. Cystophora paniculata (specimen not to be determined)?

67 Stenocladia furcata with Ptilota siliculosa parasitical

68 Chondriopsis Harveyana.

69 Rhabdonia Charoides.

70. Cystophyllum muricatum.

71. Sarcomenia Dasyoides.

72 Zonaria microphylla

73. Jeannerettia lobata

74 Stenogramma leptophylla nov. sp. (antheridiis) — with fr.*

75 Cryptonemia Wilsoni nov. sp.

76. Nereia australis

77. Gelidium asperum.

78. Laurencia sp. (ad L. tasmanicam et L. thyrsiferam).

[(towards L. tasmanica and L. thyrsifera)].

79. Polysiphonia Cladostephus.

80. Polysiphonia hystrix.

81. Lenormandia marginata

82. Acanthophora arborea.

83. Delesseria similans J. Ag.

84. Delesseria sp. nov. (specim. with fruit*)

85, Halymenia floresia Harv

86. Gigartina sp. ad Gig. grandifidam vel G. circumcinctam var. (= Gigart. radulae forma Harv).

[towards Gig. grandifida or a variety of G. circumcincta (= a form of Gigart. radula Harv).]

87. = 86.

88. Callophyllis Harveyana

89. Callophyllis carnea J Ag (forma prolifera)

[prolific form]

90. (mihi ignota; non est Chylocladia podagrica Harv.; sec. structuram ad Scinaiam accedit)*

[unnknown to me; it is not Chylocladia podagrica Harv.; according to the structure it approaches Scinaia.]

91. Nitophyllum crispum

92. Gracilaria Confervoides

93. Hymenocladia usnea

94. Ceramium apiculatum

95. Callithamnion mucronatum J. Ag. forma tenuis

[thin form]

96. Sporochnus; an sp. radiciform. var.?

[towards a variety of the species radiciformis?]

97. Callith. mucronatum (crassa)

(thick)

98. Horea fruticulosa

99-100 Gattya pinnella Harv. (sphaerosporiferae non autem observatis)

[(sphaerosporiferae not however observed)]

101. Callithamnion comosum

102. Polysiphonia cladostephus (= P. australis)

103. Wrangelia clavigera

104. Leptophyllis conferta J. Ag.

105. Polysiphonia versicolor.

106. Rytiphlaea australasica

107. Acrotylus australis J Ag.

108. Wrangelia crassa Harv.

109 Callithamn. comosum

110. Wrangelia nitella

111. Callithamnion plumula var.

112. Rhabdonia Charoides.

113. Asparagopsis armata

114 } Cordylecladia sp.*
114 Polyzonia incisa

115. Dasya sp. (ad D. australem, at robustior)

[(towards D. australis, but more robust)]

116. Dasya villosa (qualis juvenilis at denudata)

(juvenile kind yet denuded)

117. Dasya villosa juvenilis

[juvenile]

118. Callophyllis Lambertii

119 non determinanda (sordibus squalida)

[not determined (squalid with filth)]

120. Wrangelia clavigera

121. Coeloclonium verticillatum

122 Chondriopsis Harveyana.

123. Dasya Haffiae.

124. Crouania insignis

125. Wrangelia plumosa

126 Dasya naccarioides

127. Carpomitra Cabrerae

128. Sporochnus moorei Harv.

129 et 129C. Sporochnus radiciformis

129B. Sporochnus pedunculatus

130 Dasya Gunniana Lawrenciana

131. Stilophora Lyngbei11 Harv.

132. Nereia australis (young)

133. Mychodea terminalis

134. = 132.

135 probably a new sp. of Callith.12 near to C. plumigerum Harv; in a former collection it was No 89.

136. Ceramium sp. near to C. miniatum — but spec. too imperfect.

137. Phacelocarpus Labillardierii13

138. Cladophora sp.

139. Pterocladia lucida

140 Rhabdonia robusta Grev

141. Nizzophlaea Tasmanica perhaps the same as No 76 in a former collection, which was erroneously referred to Rhabd. robusta.

142. Centroceras clavulatum forma subinermis

[almost unarmed form].

143. Conferva Darwinii Harv.

144 (& 145?) Dictymenia14 Harveyana Sond.

146 Dictyota radicans*

147. Dictymenia Harveyana.

148. Rhabdonia mollis

149. Leptophyllis conferta

150 Chondriopsis foliifera J Ag. = no 57 in a form. collect. which erroneously was referred to Rhabdonia new sp.

151. Sargassum verruculosum Mert.

152. Rhabdonia nigrescens

153. Wrangelia clavifera15 statu denudata.

[denuded state]

154. Chondriopsis Harveyana

155. Dictyota paniculata

156 Nitophyllum polyanthum majus (= no 67 in a form. collect.)

[larger]

157. Nemastoma Feredayae

158. Thamnoclonium Codioides.

159. Polyphacum sp. statu nudo*

[naked state]

160 Spathoglossum australasicum16 more spec. and if possible in fruit*

161. Helminthocladia australis? your specimen seems to be a sp. of Helminthora.

162 Polysiphonia Mallardiae

163. Dasya sp.*

164. Dasya villosa Harv.

165 (168?) Codium Mülleri17

166. Rhabdonia coccinea

167 Caulerpa trifaria Harv.

168. (165?) Ceramium sp. ad Cer. isogonum — too imperfect.

[towards Ceramium isogonum]

169. Delesseria imbricata Ares.18

170 Delesseria revoluta with a sp. of Melobesia near to M. verrucata.

171. Polysiphonia Hystrix

172. Merrifieldia ramentacea

173 Mychodea carnosa

174. Coeloclonium Opuntioides

175. Polysiphonia Hystrix densa

[thick].

176. Dicranema Grevillei

177. = 109 and = 85 in a form. collection but erroneously referred to Wrangel. nobilis

178. Callithamnion sp. perhaps C. angustati forma?

[perhaps a form of C. angustatum?]

179. Polysiphonia Cladostephus.

180. Thamnocarpus glomuliferus J. Ag. = 95 in a form. collect.*19

181. Thamnocarpus Harveyanus

182. Ptilonia subulata J Ag. new sp.*20

183. Zonaria Turneriana J Ag.

184. Dilophus Wilsoni n. sp.

185. Myriodesma pinnatifidum J. Ag. new sp.*21

186. Ptilota articulata J Ag.

It is desirable that new species are to be had in several specimens, and if possible in fruit. I have marked these with a *.

Lund, Sweden, 4 August 1883

J G Agardh

Acanthophora arborea

Acrotylus australis

Areschougia Stuartii

Asparagopsis armata

Bindera Splachnoides

Callithamnion angustatum

Callithamnion comosum

Callithamnion gracilentum

Callithamnion mucronatum

Callithamnion plumigerum

Callithamnion plumula

Callithamnion Wollastonianum

Callophyllis carnea

Callophyllis Harveyana

Callophyllis Lambertii

Carpomitra Cabrerae

Caulerpa curvifolia

Caulerpa trifaria

Caulerpa uvifera

Centroceras clavulatum

Ceramium isogonum

Ceramium apiculatum

Ceramium miniatum

Champia Tasmanica

Chondriopsis foliifera

Chondriopsis Harveyana

Chrysymenia Meredithiana

Chrysymenia obovata

Chylocladia podagrica

Cladophora Feredayae

Cladostephus verticillatus

Cliftonaea pectinata

Codium Mülleri

Coeloclonium Opuntioides

Coeloclonium verticillatum

Conferva Darwinii

Cordylecladia

Corynecladia umbellata

Crouania insignis

Cryptonemia Wilsoni

Cystophora paniculata

Cystophyllum muricatum

Dasya australis

Dasya ceramioides

Dasya Gunniana

Dasya Gunniana Lawrenciana

Dasya Haffiae

Dasya naccarioides

Dasya villosa

Dasya villosa macroura

Delesseria imbricata

Delesseria revoluta

Delesseria similans

Dicranema Grevillei

Dictymenia Harveyana

Dictyota paniculata

Dictyota pinnatifida

Dictyota radicans

Dilophus foliosus

Dilophus tener

Dilophus Wilsoni

Ecklonia radiata

Enteromorpha

Fucus inermis

Gattya pinnella

Gelidium asperum

Gigartina circumcincta

Gigartina grandifida

Gigartina radula

Gloiophloea Scinaioides

Gloiosaccion Brownii

Gracilaria Confervoides

Griffithsia Sonderiana

Griffithsia teges

Halymenia floresia

Halyseris Achrostichoides

Helminthocladia australis

Helminthora

Hemineura frondosa

Horea fruticulosa

Horea polycarpa

Horea Wilsoni

Hymenocladia polymorpha

Hymenocladia usnea

Hypnea ramentacea

Jeannerettia lobata

Laurencia delesserioides

Laurencia Grevilleana

Laurencia tasmanicam

Laurencia thyrsiferam)

Lenormandia marginata

Leptophyllis conferta

Melobesia verrucata

Merrifieldia ramentacea

Mychodea carnosa

Mychodea terminalis

Myriodesma pinnatifidum

Nemastoma Feredayae

Nereia australis

Nitophyllum crispum

Nitophyllum endiviaefolium

Nitophyllum polyanthum

Nizzophlaea Tasmanica

Perithalia inermis

Phacelocarpus Labillardierii

Polycoelia laciniata

Polyphacum

Polysiphonia australis

Polysiphonia cancellata

Polysiphonia Cladostephus

Polysiphonia cladostephus

Polysiphonia Cladostephus

Polysiphonia hystrix

Polysiphonia Mallardiae

Polysiphonia rufo-lanosam

Polysiphonia versicolor

Polyzonia incisa

Pterocladia lucida

Ptilonia subulata

Ptilota articulata

Ptilota siliculosa

Rhabdonia Charoides

Rhabdonia coccinea

Rhabdonia mollis

Rhabdonia nigrescens

Rhabdonia robusta

Rhodoglossum polycarpum

Rhodymenia corallina

Rytiphlaea australasica

Rytiphlaea umbellata

Sarcomenia Dasyoides

Sargassum biforme

Sargassum verruculosum

Scinaia furcellata australis

Spathoglossum australasicum

Sporochnus moorei

Sporochnus pedunculatus

Sporochnus radiciformis

Stenocladia furcata

Stenogramma leptophylla

Stilophora Lyngbei

Thamnocarpus glomuliferus

Thamnocarpus Harveyanus

Thamnoclonium Codioides

Wrangelia clavifera

Wrangelia crassa

Wrangelia nitella

Wrangelia nobilis

Wrangelia plumosa

Zonaria microphylla

Zonaria Turneriana

See M to J. Agardh, 17 May 1883. See also J. Agardh to M, 4 Augustt 1883 (in this edition as 83-08.04a).

In AlgaeBase (accessed 29 July 2018) as Dilophus tenera, but published as D. tener in J. Agardh (1894-1903), Continuatio 1, p. 95.

new species. If a name designated as 'nov. sp' or equivalent on this list is in AlgaeBase, publication details are not given in notes to this list. AlgaeBase (http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/) will provide publication details, with in most cases links to to the original description, as well as details of synonyms and of type specimens, a select bibliography on the species, notes on habitat and, often, an image of the live organism, and sometimes a published illustration.

C. feredayi?

Not in AlgaeBase (accessed 30 July 2018).

J. Agardh (1848-1901), vol. 3, part 1, p. 562, issued in 1876 with part title ‘Epicris systematis Floridearum’.

Not published by Agardh but listed in J. B. Wilson (1886), p.5; J. B. Wilson (1887), p.4; and J. B. Wilson (1889), p.6.

Not published by Agardh but listed in J. B. Wilson (1886), p.10.

Haliseris achrostichoides in AlgaeBase, but described as Halyseris achrostichoides in J. Agardh (1873-90), part 2, p. 133.

This variety not in AlgaeBase (accessed 31 July 2018).

S. Lyngbyei?

Callithamnion.

Phacelocarpus labillardierei?

Dictyomenia?

Not published by Agardh but listed in J. B. Wilson (1886), p.10. See no. 43 above, where Agardh designates this as a new species, so it is not likely to be an error for W. clavigera.

Spatoglossum?

In AlgaeBase as C. muelleri.

Areschoug.

AlgaeBase has Thamnocarpus glomuliferer and indicates that Agardh spelled the species epithet as glomuliferus when published.

Not in AlgaeBase (accessed 30 July 2018). Possibly the species published as Ptilonia subulifera in J. Agardh (1873-90), part 6, p. 46.

Not published by Agardh but listed in J. B. Wilson (1887); J. B. Wilson (1889), p.12; and J. B. Wilson (1892), p.159.

Please cite as “FVM-83-08-04,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/83-08-04