Dasya feredayae Harvey 1859

Publication Details
Dasya feredayae Harvey 1859: 303, no fig.

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Algae. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. 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...Vol. II. Part III. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones and Acotyledones. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 282-343. London: Lovell Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dasya is Dasya pedicellata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Micropeuce feredayae (Harvey) Kylin ex P.C.Silva.

Type Information
Type locality: "In the Tamar, at and above Georgetown, Mrs. Fereday, etc." [Tasmania]; (Womersley 2003: 255) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 2002: 255): W.H. Harvey; BM; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 220 (Womersley 2003: 255) Notes: Womersley (2003: 255) "Type from the Tamar, at Georgetown, Tas. (Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 220); lectotype in BM.". It would have been better to designate Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 220 in TCD rather than in BM.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 March 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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