Wrangelia princeps Harvey 1862

Publication Details
Wrangelia princeps Harvey 1862: pl. CCXXXIV [234]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1862). 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. 4. pp. viii, Plates CLXXXI-CCXL. London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Wrangelia is Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Wrangelia abietina Harvey.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Hab. At Port Fairy, Port Philip Heads, and Western Port, Victoria, W. H. H. Garden Island, Western Australia, G. Clifton, n. 23, Aug. 1856."; (Harvey 1862: pl. CCXXXIV [234]) Lectotype (designated by Gordon 1972: 15) : W.H. Harvey; TCD; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 257E (Gordon 1972: 15) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by E. Gordon (1972: 15).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 October 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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