Crouania australis (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Crouania australis (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 85

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crouania is Crouania attenuata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilocladia australis (Harvey) Wollaston.

Basionym
Crouania attenuata var. australis Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: King George Sound [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 558) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1998: 62): W.H. Harvey No. 62; TCD; Herb. Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 485 (Womersley 1998: 62) Notes: Isolectotype in AD, A18290.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 December 2008 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 May 2024

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