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Hidden in plain sight: Lindauera gen. nov.: a new genus of Dictyotales from New Zealand

Wendy A. Nelson https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0014-5560 A B * and Judy E. Sutherland A
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A National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd, Private Bag 14-901, Wellington 6241, New Zealand.

B School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.

* Correspondence to: wendy.nelson@auckland.ac.nz

Handling Editor: John Huisman

Australian Systematic Botany 36(2) 157-166 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB22032
Submitted: 8 December 2022  Accepted: 27 March 2023   Published: 26 April 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

A new genus in the Dictyotales, Lindauera, is described based on the species Dictyota papenfussii Lindauer from Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand. Lindauera is distinguished from Dictyota by both molecular data and by the possession of primary, prostrate dichotomously branched axes that attach thalli to substrates. We present data extending the known distribution of this species within New Zealand and confirm its occurrence in Australia.

Keywords: Australia, Dictyota papenfussii, Dictyotales, Lindauera gen. nov., Lobospira bicuspidata, New Zealand, Phaeophyceae, phylogenetic analyses.


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