Horea polycarpa Harvey 1859
Publication Details
Horea polycarpa Harvey 1859: 329, pl. CXCIV. B [194 B]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloiocladia polycarpa (Harvey) Womersley.
Type Information
Type locality: "East coast, Gunn" [Tasmania]; (Harvey 1859: 329) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1996: 97, cystocarpic): TCD; Herb. Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 438I (Womersley 1996: 97) Notes: Isotypes distributed in Alg. Aust. Exsicc 438.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 May 2001 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024
