Laurencia corymbosa J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Laurencia corymbosa J.Agardh 1852: 747
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType 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: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 506)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), corymbose (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 August 2006
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 August 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
