An analysis of “Hydrophytologiae Regni Neapolitani” (Delle Chiaje, 1829)

Michael J. Wynne; Mario Cormaci; Giovanni Maria Furnari

doi:10.35352/gioenia.v57i387.114

Michael J. Wynne University of Michigan Herbarium, 3600 Varsity Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6118-3339
Mario Cormaci Laboratorio di Algologia, Sezione di Biologia Vegetale del Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali dell'Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italia https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8041-2649
Giovanni Maria Furnari Laboratorio di Algologia, Sezione di Biologia Vegetale del Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali dell'Università di Catania, Via A. Longo 19, 95125 Catania, Italia https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6598-7920

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35352/gioenia.v57i387.114

Keywords: Algology, Taxonomy

Abstract

In the volume “Hydrophytologiae Regni Neapolitani”, published by Delle Chiaje in 1829, 100 species of benthic marine algae of the Gulf of Neaples (Mediterranean Sea, Italy) are described and illustrated with colored images. In this study the marine algae depicted in the 100 plates are analyzed with the goal of identifying them in terms of present-day taxonomy and nomenclature. Of each plate, observations and comments dealing also with taxonomic opinions published by earlier authors on Delle Chiaje’s plates, are also given.