Professor Emeritus; Curator Emeritus (Algae)
About
Fields of study
Phycology, systematics of marine algae, phytogeography
Research
On-going interest in cataloguing the benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic; the fifth revision of this checklist is being compiled; the fifth addendum to the synoptic review of red algal genera is being compiled (with C. Schneider).
Select publications
2022
Wynne, M. J. & C. W. Schneider. A correction of the type of Dictyota jamaicensis W.R.Taylor (Dictyotaceae, Phaeophyceae, Ochrophyta). Notulae Algarum 222. 3 pp.
Cassano, V., M. J. Wynne & Y. Yoneshigue-Valentin. Validation of three taxa of benthic marine algae from Brazil. Notulae Algarum No. 227. 10 pp.
Wynne, M.J. & C.W. Schneider. Fifth addendum to the synoptic review of red algal genera. Botanica Marina 65: 141-151.
2021
Sauvage, T., M. J. Wynne, S. G. A. Draisma, I. Ortegón-Aznar, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, B. Martínez-Daranas & S. Fredericq. Caulerpa wysorii sp. nov., a denuded Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) resembling C. sertularioides when ‘dressed’. Phycologia 60: 13 pp.
Ortegon-Aznar, I., A. M. Suárez, M. C. Galindo de Santiago & M. J. Wynne. Description and distribution of Nemacystus howei (W.R. Taylor) Kylin (Chordariaceae) form the northern coast of the Yucatán peninsula. Botanical Sciences 99 (1): 1-14.
Wynne, M. J. & C. W. Schneider. Proposal of Medeiothamnion thouarsii (Montagne) comb. nov. (Wrangeliaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 176: 1-5.
Freshwater, D. W., C. E. Miller, T. A. Frankovich & M. J. Wynne. DNA sequence analyses reveal two cryptic species of Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the skin of West Indian manatee. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9(163). 12 pp.
Bustamante, D. E., B. Y. Won, M. J. Wynne & T. O. Cho. Species diversity on the basis of molecular and morphological analyses reveals new taxa additions to the tribe Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 57: 14 pp.
Schneider, C. W., M. J. Wynne & G. W. Saunders (submitted). On the nomenclatural reinstatement and lectotypification of Spyridia americana Durant (1850). Botanica Marina
2020
Wynne, M.J. Preface. Pp. 7-11. In: Guide des algues marines du Maroc. (S. Benhissoune). Imprimerie Al Manar 2, Cité Dakhla Agadir, Maroc. 572 pp.
Santiañez, W. J. E. & M. J. Wynne. Establishment of Mimica gen. nov. to accommodate the anaxiferous species of the economically important species of the economically important seaweed Eucheuma (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta). Phytotaxa 439(2): 167-170.
Mateo-Cid, L. E. A. C. Mendoza-González & M. J. Wynne. Validation of the name Neogoniolithon siankanense (Spongitaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 147: 1.
Santiañez, W. J. E. & M. J. Wynne. roposal of Phycocalidia Santiañez & M.J.Wynne nom. nov. to replace Calidia L.-E.Yang & J.Brodie nom. illeg. (Bangiales, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 140: 1-3.
Wynne, M.J., M. Kamiya, J. A. West, S. Loiseaux-de Goër, P.-E. Lim, E. Sade, H. Russell & F. C. Küpper. Morphological and molecular evidence for the recognition of Hypoglossum sabahense sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Sabah, Malaysia. Algae. An International Journal of Algal Research 35(2): 157-165.
2019
Schneider, C.W. & M.J. Wynne. Fourth addendum to the synoptic review of red algal genera. Botanica Marina 62: 355-367.
Wynne, M.J. Martensia incipiens (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), a newly recognized species of red algae from the Sultanate of Oman. Phytotaxa 419(2): 203-208.
Núñez - Resendiz, M.L., K.M. Dreckmann, M.J. Wynne & A. Sentíes. Codiophyllum mexicanum sp. nov. (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta), first record of a stalked red alga associated with sponges in the Western Atlantic. Phycologia 59: 89-98.
Wynne, M.J. (2711) Proposal to conserve the name Gracilariopsis against Gracilariophila (Rhodophyta: Gracilariaceae). Taxon 68: 1112
Núñez Resendiz, M.L., K.M. Dreckmann, A. Sentíes, M.J. Wynne & H.P. Léon-Tejera. Eucheumatopsis isiformis gen. et comb. nov. (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Yucatan Peninsula, to accommodate Eucheuma isiforme. Phycologia 58: 51-62.
Núñez Resendiz, M.L., K.M. Dreckmann, A. Sentíes, M.J. Wynne & H.P. Léon-Tejera. Marine red algae (Rhodophyta) of economic use in the algal drifts from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Phytotaxa 387(3): 219-240.
Wynne, M.J., C.W. Schneider & G.W. Saunders. The reinstatement of Hooperia J.Agardh (Lomentariaceae, Rhodophyta) to accommodate Lomentaria divaricata (Durant) M.J.Wynne. Notulae Algarum No. 93. 2 pp.
2018
Wynne, M.J. The status of Polyostea Ruprecht (1850) and the proposal of Savoiea gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum No. 69. 4 pp.
Wynne, M.J. A checklist of the benthic marine algae of the Northern Arabian Sea of the Sultanate of Oman. Botanica Marina 61: 481-498.
Hassoun, M., M.J. Wynne, J. Moussa, G. Salhi, H. Zbakh, H. Riadi & M. Kazzaz. An investigation of members of the tribe Ceramieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) occurring on both the Mediterranean and Atlantic shores of Morocco. Algae 33: 243-267.
Wynne, M.J. Regarding Kallymenia J.Agardh, 1842, Euhymenia Kützing nom. illeg. 1843, and the proposal of Croisettea gen. nov. (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum No. 76. 4 pp.
Santiañez, W.J.E. & M.J. Wynne. Evidence for the treatment of Talarodictyon tilesii as an older taxonomic synonym of Hydroclathrus stephanosorus (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae). Phycological Research 67: 82-85. ['2019'']
Muñoz, L.A., M.J. Wynne, M. Kamiya, J.A. West, F.C. Küpper, M.E. Ramírez & A.F. Peters. Evidence for the reinstatement of Phrix (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta). Phytotaxa 334(3): 215-224.
Hoffman, R., M.J. Wynne & G.W. Saunders. Calliblepharis rammediorum sp. nov. (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from the Israeli Levant Mediterranean Sea. Cryptogamie, Algologie 39: 109-121.