Desmia harveyi J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Desmia harveyi J.Agardh 1876: 356

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmia is Desmia ligulata Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Portieria harveyi (J.Agardh) P.C.Silva.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Meñez, E.G. & Moe, R.L. (1987). Catalog of the benthic marine algae of the Philippines. Smithsonian Contributions to Marine Sciences 27: [i-ii] iii-iv, 1-179, 2 figs, 1 table.

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad Friendly Islands (Harvey!)." [Tonga]; (Agardh 1876: 356) Type: LD?;

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 June 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 19 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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