Gracilaria secundata Harvey 1863

Publication Details
Gracilaria secundata Harvey 1863: xxxv [synoptic catalogue]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1863). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 5. pp. [i]-x, v-lxxiii (Synoptic catalogue), Plates CCXLI-CCC (with text). London: Lovell Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Kiama, New South Wales, Australia; (Womersley 1996: 22) Lectotype: Harvey; TCD; 0012176 (Nelson & Dahlen 2014: 240) Notes: Womersley (1996: 22) notes that there are also syntypes (from Newcastle, N.S.W.) in Harvey’s Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 325.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with secund branching (Lewis & Short 1890).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 September 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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