Caulerpa brownii (C.Agardh) Endlicher 1843
Current name:
Caulerpa brownii (C.Agardh) Endlicher
Petticoat Creek, Victoria, Australia - 04 December 2010. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Caulerpa brownii (C.Agardh) Endlicher 1843: 16
Published in: Endlicher, S.L. (1843). Mantissa botanica altera. Sistens genera plantarum supplementum tertium. pp. [vi], 111. Vienna: Fridericum Beck, Universitatis Bibliopola.
Publication date: 1843
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulerpa is Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Caulerpa selago var. brownii C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad insulas Kent, in freto Bass." [Kent Islands, Bass Strait, Australia]; (Agardh 1823: 442) Holotype: Robert Brown; LD; Herb. Agardh 16647 (Womersley 1984: 264)
Eponomy
Named for Robert Brown (1773-1858), British collector, botanist and microscopist.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 May 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024