Amphiroa bowerbankii Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Amphiroa bowerbankii Harvey 1849: 97, pl. 37: figs 1-6 (top)

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Publication date: "before November 1849"

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
Lectotype locality: Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 221) Notes: Lectotype locality fide Millar, 1990:316.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 28 April 2010

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Taxonomic note
According to Areschoug (1852: 537), the name Amphiroa dilatata has been misapplied to this species by Krauss (1837: 20; 1846: 211). See pp. 316-317 of Millar (1990) regarding provisional synonymisation with Amphiroa anceps, which was not accepted by Silva et al. (1996: 221). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 April 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025

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