Blossevillea fallax (Sonder) Kützing 1849

Sargassum fallax Sonder

Current name: Sargassum fallax Sonder
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia - 03 December 2010. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Blossevillea fallax (Sonder) Kützing 1849: 361

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Blossevillea is Blossevillea torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) Decaisne.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sargassum fallax Sonder.

Basionym
Sargassum fallax Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 671) Lectotype: Preiss; MEL; 687512 (Womersley 1987: 432) Notes: Womersley (1987: 432) notes that there is also an isolectotype (687513).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 July 2005

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 July 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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