Lessonia berteroana Montagne 1842
Publication Details
Lessonia berteroana Montagne 1842: 250
Published in: Montagne, C. (1842). Troisième centurie de plantes cellulaires exotiques nouvelles. Décades V, VI, VII et VIII. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Seconde Série 18: 241-282, pl. 7.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lessonia is Lessonia flavicans Bory.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Coquimbo, Chile; (González et al. 2012: 1161) Holotype: PC; 0062753 (Asensi & de Reviers 2009: 210, 233) Notes: Collected by Bertero & Gaudichaud (INA; González et al. 2012: 1161) [but by Montagne on p. 1162 - error?]). According to Asensi & de Reviers (2009: 210), Bertero is probably the collector and would have handed the specimen to Gaudichaud-Beaupré.
Eponomy
Named for Carlo Guiseppe Bertero, 1789-1831, an Italian physician and botanist who practiced in Chile and who drowned at sea while returning there after a visit to Tahiti.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 January 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 April 2013
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
