Wrangelia abietina Harvey 1855
Current name: Wrangelia abietina Harvey
Publication Details
Wrangelia abietina Harvey 1855: 546
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.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Wrangelia is Wrangelia penicillata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Garden I., W. Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 431) Lectotype: Harvey; Herb. Harvey, TCD; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 267 (Womersley 1998: 27) Notes: Womersley (1998: 27) notes that Harvey’s Trav. Set 270 is not located in TCD.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling fir trees (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 October 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025
