Bostrychia harveyi Montagne 1852

Publication Details
Bostrychia harveyi Montagne 1852: 317

Published in: Montagne, C. (1852). Diagnoses phycologicae, seu quibus characteribus, discriminandae sunt species lichenum algarumque nonnullae novae, in tomo Florae chilensis octavo nondum typis mandato descriptae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, sér. 3 18: 302-319.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bostrychia is Bostrychia scorpioides (Hudson) Montagne.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Corral, Valdivia province, Chile; (Silva & al. 1996: 473) Lectotype: Lechler; PC; (Womersley 2003: 366) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Prud'homme van Reine & Sluiman (1980: 325).

Eponomy
Named for William Henry Harvey (1811-1866), Irish botanist.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
This is apparently not a widespread species in southern Australia, occurring mainly under fresh-water influence in central Victoria and SE Tasmania (Womersley 2003: 366).

Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 December 2013

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 January 2025

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