Lessonia sinclairii Harvey ex Harvey & J.D.Hooker 1847
Current name:
Laminaria sinclairii (Harvey ex J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Farlow, Anderson & Eaton
Damnation Creek, Del Norte County, California, USA; low intertidal - 20 May 2007. Courtnay Janiak (theseaweedknot@hotmail.com)
Publication Details
Lessonia sinclairii Harvey ex Harvey & J.D.Hooker 1847: 460
Published in: Harvey, W.H. & Hooker, J.D. (1847). LV. Algae L. 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, Kt., R.N., F.R.S., etc. by Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., R.N., F.L.S., assistant surgeon of the "Erebus" and botanist to the expedition. Vol. 1. Flora antarctica. Part I. Botany of Lord Auckland's Group and Campbell's Island. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 454-502. London: L. Reeve.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lessonia is Lessonia flavicans Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laminaria sinclairii (Harvey ex J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Farlow, Anderson & Eaton.
Type Information
Type locality: "California"; (Harvey & Hooker 1847: 460)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 January 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
