Wrangelia squarrulosa Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Wrangelia squarrulosa Harvey 1855: 236 (as 'Wrangelia ? squarrulosa')

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Algae. 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.... II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 211-266. London: Reeve.

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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 Pterothamnion squarrulosum (Harvey) Athanasiadis & Kraft.

Type Information
Type locality: Preservation Harbour, west coast Middle Island, New Zealand; (Athanasiadis 1996: 73) Lectotype: on the beach; BM; (Athanasiadis 1996: 73) Notes: Isotype fragment in TCD (Athanasiadis, 1996: 73). Womersley (1998: 140) notes: Type from Preservation Harbour, South I., New Zealand (Lyall, Jan. 1851): lectotype in Herb. Hooker, BM.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 November 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 28 March 2024

 
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