Corynospora australis Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Corynospora australis Harvey 1855: 559

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 (holotype) of the genus Corynospora is Corynospora pedicellata (Smith) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Mazoyerella australis (Harvey) Huisman & Womersley.

Source of Synonymy
Womersley, H.B.S. (1998). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIIC. Ceramiales - Ceramiaceae, Dasyaceae. pp. [1]-535, 235 figs, 4 col. figs in 2 pls. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 418) Lectotype: Harvey; Herb. Harvey, TCD; Trav. Set 344 Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Baldock (1976: 561).

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 September 2011

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Taxonomic note
According to Womersley (1998) this is the basionym of Mazoyerella australis (Harvey)Huisman & Womersley) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 July 2025

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