University Herbarium, UC Berkeley: Indian Ocean Catalogue

IOC entry for Asteromenia peltata

RHODYMENIACEAE

Asteromenia Huisman & Millar

Note: This genus was established by Huisman & Millar (1996) to accommodate Fauchea peltata W.R. Taylor, until then a species of uncertain generic placement (see Schneider, 1975: 133–134; P. Huve & H. Huve, 1977: 105–106).

Asteromenia peltata (W.R. Taylor) Huisman & Millar

Fauchea peltata W.R. Taylor, 1942: 113–114, pl. 3: fig. 9; pl. 16 (type locality: Isla Tortuga, Venezuela).—Nizamuddin & Gessner, 1970: 10, pl. 14: figs. 41, 42; pl. 19: fig. 56.— Hackett, 1977: 16.— S. Dixit, 1980: 74.

Halichrysis peltata (W.R. Taylor) P. Huvé & H. Huvé, 1977: 105.—Basson, 1992: 226.

Asteromenia peltata (W.R. Taylor) Huisman & Millar, 1996: 139–144, figs. 2, 3, 7–9, 11, 14 (including Indian Ocean record).

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Iran, Maldives.