Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Desmarestia ligulata
Desmarestiaceae
Desmarestia ligulata (Lightf.) J.V.Lamour. , legitimate, scientific
Lamouroux, J.V. (1813), Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulees. Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 45 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Fucus ligulatus Lightf. legitimate
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Fucus ligulatus Lightf. legitimate
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: According to Wiencke & Clayton 2002 Antarctic Seaweeds p. 99 Antarctic specimens with this name represent Desmarestia antarctica R.L. Moe & P.C. Silva.
  • AMANI dist.: Victoria (Flindersian), Tasmania (Flindersian), South Australia (Flindersian). World: Widespread in coldtemperate Northern and Southern hemispheres, New Zealand.