Amansia marchantioides Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Amansia marchantioides Harvey 1855: 223

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross.... II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 211-266. London: Reeve.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amansia is Amansia multifida J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Symphyocladia marchantioides (Harvey) Falkenberg.

Type Information
Syntype localities: New Zealand: Cape Kidnapper; Hawke's Bay; (Silva & al. 1996: 554) Lectotype: ‘Rev. N. Colenso, N. Zealand’; TCD; (Millar 1990: 456) Notes: Womersley (2003: 341) gives the following data for Amansia? marchantioides: Type from Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (Colenso); holotype in Herb. Harvey, TCD. (Harvey gave “Cape Kidnapper and Hawke’s Bay; however the Cape is at the southern extremity of Hawkes Bay and it appears that this the only type locality).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the genus Marchantia.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 September 2012

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 September 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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