Posidonia australis J.D.Hooker 1858

Posidonia australis J.D.Hooker

Current name: Posidonia australis J.D.Hooker
Australia - 09 December 2011. Robert Anderson (anderson@botzoo.uct.ac.za)

Publication Details
Posidonia australis J.D.Hooker 1858: 43

Published in: Hooker, J.D. (1858). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the years 1839-1843. Flora Tasmaniae. Monocotyledones. Vol. 3(2) pp. vii, 422, plates 101-200. London: Lovell Reeve.

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Publication date: 3 September 1858

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Posidonia is Posidonia caulinii K.D.Koenig.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Georgetown, Tasmania; (Robertson 1984: 94) Lectotype: Gunn 1347; K; (Robertson 1984: 94)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 December 2024

 
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