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

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.