Laurencia heteroclada Harvey 1855
Current name: Laurencia heteroclada Harvey
Publication Details
Laurencia heteroclada Harvey 1855: 544-545
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 509) Lectotype: Harvey; TCD, Herb. Harvey; Trav. Set No. 210 (Womersley 2003: 470) Notes: Wynne et al. (2005: 502) cite the following syntypes: Harvey's Alg. Austr. Exsicc. No 235B (three specimens on a sheet held in MICH).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 February 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024