Amphiroa gracilis Harvey 1855

Amphiroa gracilis Harvey

Current name: Amphiroa gracilis Harvey
Cape Peron, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Amphiroa gracilis Harvey 1855: 547

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Amphiroa is Amphiroa tribulus (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Type Information
Syntype localities: "King George's Sound and Rottnest, common, 218" [Western Australia]; (Harvey 1855: 547) Lectotype: Harvey; TCD; (Womersley & Johansen 1996: 288) Notes: Womersley & Johansen in Womersley (1996: 288) note that A. gracilis was described from “King George’s Sound and Rottnest”, based on Harvey’s Travelling Set 218, that no specimens from King George Sound were located in TCD in 1952, and that Harvey'’s 218 from Rottnest I. (the lectotype) is in fragments. They also noted that there were three good specimens from “Swan River” in TCD. The badly fragmented lectotype is shown at http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/tcd0011881 (Harvey et al. 2013: 112).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, slender (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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