Lessonia nigrescens Bory 1826

Lessonia nigrescens Bory

Current name: Lessonia nigrescens Bory
Mar Brava, Chiloé, Chile; on exposed rocks - 31 January 2007. Frithjof Kuepper (fck@sams.ac.uk)

Publication Details
Lessonia nigrescens Bory 1826: 322

Published in: B[ory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M.] (1826). Lessonie. Lessonia. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 9, pp. 321-322. Paris: Rey et Gravier; Baudouin Frères.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lessonia is Lessonia flavicans Bory.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Cape Horn, in the Chilean part of Fuegia, Chile; (Cho & al. 2006: 1293) Lectotype: CN; (Searles 1978: 368, fig. 5) Notes: Isotypes: C 73/74 no. 22-1: L No. 2154 (Searles 1978) = isolectotypes/syntypes ? See Arsensi & de Reviers (2009: 228, 233) for comments on the lectotype. Isolectotypes: PC0062751, PC0062752.

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), becoming black (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 December 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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