Algal type material and historical phycological collections in the Herbarium at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: Tuhinga 10

Tuhinga 10: 63 - 85

ABSTRACT: The phycological collection housed in the Herbarium of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (WELT) contains scientifically and historically significant material including type specimens, primarily of New Zealand species of macroalgae; a set of W.H. Harvey’s Australian Algae; and algal specimens from the Thompson/J.G. Baker herbarium. The holdings of type material and Harvey duplicates are listed in full. There are 197 type specimens listed, of which nine are foreign taxa (holotype: 16, isotype: 105, lectotype: 2, isolectotype: 37, syntype: 30, isoneotype: 2, paratype:5). Lectotypes specimens for New Zealand taxa housed in the Agardh herbarium, Lund, are designated for eight taxa. The extent and nature of material within the Thompson/Baker collection is outlined.

KEYWORDS: WELT, type specimens, W.H. Harvey, Australian Exsiccatae, New Zealand