Laurencia botryoides (C.Agardh) Gaillon 1828
Current name: Laurencia botryoides (C.Agardh) Gaillon
Publication Details
Laurencia botryoides (C.Agardh) Gaillon 1828: 363
Published in: Gaillon, B. (1828). Résumé méthodique des classifications des Thalassiophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 53: 350-406, 3 tables.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Chondria botryoides C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, near New Holland, on rocks in shallow water. Mr. Brown"; (Womersley 2003: 104) Holotype [of Fucus botryoides Turner]: Robert Brown; in shallow water; BM; (Womersley 2003: 475)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Confined to the cooler waters of south-eastern Australia, occurring just below low tide level or in pools (Womersley 2003: 475).
Created: 03 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2018
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Nomenclatural note
South & Skelton (2003: 739) cite this species as Laurencia botryoides (Turner) Gaillon 1828. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003) cite Laurencia botryoides (Turner) Gaillon 1828 as a synonym of Laurencia glandulifera (Kützing) Kützing 1849. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
