Dasya verticillata Harvey 1844
Current name:
Lophothalia verticillata (Harvey) Kützing
Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r
Publication Details
Dasya verticillata Harvey 1844: 434
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1844). Algae of Tasmania. London Journal of Botany 3: 428-454.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dasya is Dasya pedicellata (C.Agardh) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lophothalia verticillata (Harvey) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Type Information
Type locality: "George Town, V. D. L., R. Gunn, Esq., n. 1306" [Georgetown, Tasmania]; (Harvey 1844: 434) Holotype: R.C. Gunn 1306; TCD; (Womersley 1998: 478)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), verticillate, whorled (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 September 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
