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Dictyota korowai W.A.Nelson, J.E.Sutherl. & Ngati Kuri

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Dictyota korowai W.A.Nelson, J.E.Sutherl. & Ngati Kuri, Phycologia 58: 436 (2019)
Dictyota korowai W.A.Nelson, J.E.Sutherl. & Ngati Kuri

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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W.A.Nelson, J.E.Sutherl. & Ngati Kuri
W.A.Nelson, J.E.Sutherl. & Ngati Kuri
Nelson, W.A.; Sutherland, J.E.; Ringham, S.; Murupaenga, H. 2019: Dictyota korowai sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from Manawatawhi/Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand, previously confused with Dictyota intermedia. Phycologia 58(4): 433–442.
2019
436
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Dictyota korowai W.A.Nelson, J.E.Sutherl. & Ngati Kuri
species
Dictyota korowai
The epithet korowai was chosen in reference to this species resembling the hukahuka (tassels) on a traditional Maori korowai (cloak).
Holotype: AK 371296, (ASN337), collected by L. Liggins on 10 April 2013; deposited in the Herbarium of Auckland Museum (AK), Auckland, New Zealand. GenBank accession numbers: psbA, MK318550.1; rbcL, MK318542.1.

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Plantae
Chlorophyta
Dictyotales
Dictyotaceae
Dictyota
korowai

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typification
Holotype: AK 371296, (ASN337), collected by L. Liggins on 10 April 2013; deposited in the Herbarium of Auckland Museum (AK), Auckland, New Zealand. GenBank accession numbers: psbA, MK318550.1; rbcL, MK318542.1.
Etymology
The epithet korowai was chosen in reference to this species resembling the hukahuka (tassels) on a traditional Maori korowai (cloak).
Nelson, W.A.; Sutherland, J.E.; Ringham, S.; Murupaenga, H. 2019: Dictyota korowai sp. nov. (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from Manawatawhi/Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand, previously confused with Dictyota intermedia. Phycologia 58(4): 433–442.

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Names_Plants
2 September 2020
30 October 2023
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