Caulinia antarctica (Labillardière) R.Brown 1810

Publication Details
Caulinia antarctica (Labillardière) R.Brown 1810: 339

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Caulinia is Caulinia fragilis Willdenow.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Amphibolis antarctica (Labillardière) Sonder & Ascherson ex Ascherson.

Source of Synonymy
Robertson, E.L. (1984). Seagrasses. In: The marine benthic flora of Southern Australia. Part 1. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 57-122. Adelaide: D.J. Woolman, Government Printer, South Australia.

Basionym
Ruppia antarctica Labillardière

Type Information
Type locality: “habitat ad terrae van-Leuwin littora” [Esperance Bay, Western Australia]; (Labillardière 1807: 116) Holotype: FI; barcode FI012119 (Robertson 1984: 104) Notes: Type from “Ad terrae Van-Leuwin littora” (Esperance Bay, W. Aust.). Isotype. P. Labillardière (1807) described and illustrated Ruppia antarctica (= Amphibolis antarctica) from material collected from New Holland, but some doubt exists whether he collected the specimen himself in 1791 or whether it was part of the collections of the Baudin expedition. isolectotype: P [barcode P00735051].

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of or pertaining to the Antarctic (Stearn 1983).

Created: 23 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 24 June 2010

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 June 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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